Giggle is one of our fun therapy innovations. He is a remote
controlled robot puppet that has been designed to spread laughter
to children in oncology wards across the country. He can be found
visiting major children's hospitals around Australia. If you want
to see Giggle in action then check him out in CQ TV above!
Giggle rides a really cool tricycle and sits about one metre tall.
He can talk and respond to a child in 'real-time' due to a little
microphone implanted on him. Giggle's mouth is voice activated by a
special chip that moves his mouth as the operator speaks. The best
thing is that the operator is unseen, as far as 20 metres
(line-of-sight) away from the robot. This means that the children
on the ward can play and relate to Giggle, and then the magic
happens!
If you're in hospital then keep an eye out for Giggle; you might
catch him coming around the corner of your ward!
But if Giggle has a day off when you're there then how about
hearing his favourite joke:
"Hey, the kid says, 'Doctor, how do I stop my nose from
running?' and the doctor says, wait for it, 'Stick your foot out
and trip it up!' Ha, ha!"