Review and outlook
The PARO® robot: a colleague like any other?

Recent French and foreign studies conducted on animaloid robots, mainly in Japan, show encouraging results in combating stress and increasing quality of life through strong interactions between the frail person, the robot and the caregiver (Sant'Anna, Morat & Rigaud, 2011). Here, the study shows that PARO^® is both a time indicator and a partner for the caregiver, and is moving towards simplified robotic mediations.

• A temporal indicator for the caregiver: it is both a witness to the past (reminiscence of memories) and the present (transfer of feelings) (Dolbeau-Bandin, 2018). It supports and facilitates the caregiver's work at a given moment. It has the function of a witness to the past, making it possible to gather information about...