Design and Development of Dew: An Emotional Social-Interactive Robot

There is a growing concern of depression and anxiety issues among children. While parents interpreting their quietness as shyness, depression and anxiety are directly experienced by these children. In this paper, we present the design of a social interactive robot, Dew, which is specially designed for these group of people. The design philosophy of Dew is presented with concept design, hardware and software specifications. With an expressive emotional design for its human-robot interaction, Dew is envisioned to approach these group of young people emotionally, and is expected to smoothen their emotions.