Robotics Club, IIT Kanpur - Paro is a "therapeutic robot" equipped with cameras, microphones, and other sensors that react to external stimuli.PARO is a therapeutic robot baby harp seal, intended to be
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Paro robot, haired seal-like robot for robot therapy uses, from AIST company stand in INNOROBO summit Stock Photo - Alamy
![Therapeutic robots named Paro are being charged at the office of the Suisyoen retirement home about 30km (19 miles) south of the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, July 28, 2011. Therapeutic robots named Paro are being charged at the office of the Suisyoen retirement home about 30km (19 miles) south of the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, July 28, 2011.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D0DNNX/therapeutic-robots-named-paro-are-being-charged-at-the-office-of-the-suisyoen-retirement-home-about-30km-19-miles-south-of-the-tsunami-crippled-nuclear-plant-in-iwaki-fukushima-prefecture-july-28-2011-for-some-elderly-survivors-of-japans-march-earthquake-and-tsunami-comfort-comes-in-the-form-of-a-small-white-robotic-seal-named-paro-the-residents-of-the-nursing-home-came-back-from-a-nearly-two-month-long-evacuation-since-the-nuclear-crisis-in-fukushima-picture-taken-july-28-2011-to-match-reuters-life!-robot-seal-reuterskim-kyung-hoon-japan-tags-disaster-health-society-2D0DNNX.jpg)
Therapeutic robots named Paro are being charged at the office of the Suisyoen retirement home about 30km (19 miles) south of the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, July 28, 2011.
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