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PARO

PARO is an advanced interactive therapeutic robot designed as a baby harp seal, FDA-classified as a Class II medical device.

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Manufacturer
PARO Robots
Form factor
service
Maturity
production
Lifecycle
active
Website
parorobots.com ↗

Verified profile

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    Sources on record

  • 0

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Overview

PARO is an advanced interactive therapeutic robot designed as a baby harp seal, FDA-classified as a Class II medical device. It is used in hospitals, nursing homes, and care facilities in over 30 countries to provide animal therapy benefits for patients with dementia, depression, and other conditions.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
production(Full-scale production deployment with repeat customers.)
Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for PARO.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

  1. http://www.parorobots.com/

Common questions

What is PARO?
PARO is an advanced interactive therapeutic robot designed as a baby harp seal, FDA-classified as a Class II medical device. It is used in hospitals, nursing homes, and care facilities in over 30 countries to provide animal therapy benefits for patients with dementia, depression, and other conditions.
Who makes PARO?
PARO is made by PARO Robots, based in Nagoya, Japan, founded in 2003.
Where is PARO deployed?
No verified deployments of PARO are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
What is PARO's maturity stage?
PARO is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.
Is PARO safe?
PARO has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-04

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-04

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: service

Sources by quality tier

1
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Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for PARO.

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