鈥楥ounselor鈥 robot helps recovery of drug addicts
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The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has deployed a talking robot to aid the rehabilitation of substance abusers in Guangdong Province.
The 鈥淭ianche No. E,鈥 which looks like a cubical Baymax, has started its tenure at a community rehabilitation center in Nansha District.
While robots elsewhere are made to blur the line between humans and machines, this robot has a special appeal to addicts who often find it embarrassing to talk to community workers.
Aided by artificial intelligence algorithms and big data, the machine offers individual counseling, psychological evaluation and a reminder of urine tests.
It was codeveloped by the district鈥檚 narcotics control commission and a Chinese tech firm to streamline the rehab service.
After swiping an ID card and undergoing facial recognition, a user can start counseling, an important part of the followup care after drug addiction treatment. The robot generates a report afterward.
鈥淭raditional counseling may have problems such as repetitive questions, a complicated process of archiving and a lack of analysis,鈥 said Yang Qingqiu, deputy commander of the district鈥檚 anti-drug brigade.
He said the robot had reduced 80 percent of their paperwork.
A former drug addict said he felt better answering questions through a robot than with officials and community workers.
There are plans to deploy the robot at more rehab centers.
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