A clinical trial of AI-enhanced socially assistive robot distraction during intravenous insertion in the pediatric emergency department

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Children experience significant pain and distress during medical procedures such as intravenous insertion (IVI). Socially assistive robots (SARs) are emerging distraction tools to reduce distress associated with painful medical procedures, however, previous iterations have lacked  the ability to adapt to a child’s emotional state. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of an adaptive artificial intelligence-enhanced socially assistive robot (SAR) relative to standard of care (SOC) in reducing distress for children during IVI in the pediatric emergency department (PED).

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