As a field, mental healthcare is faced with major challenges as it attempts to close the huge
gap between those who need services and those who receive services. In recent decades …

This paper aims to study the role of the social robot Probo in providing assistance to a
therapist for robot assisted therapy (RAT) with autistic children. Children with autism have …

Compliance control is highly relevant to human safety in human–robot interaction (HRI). This
paper presents a review of various compliance control techniques. The paper is aimed to …

Social robots are thought to be motivating tools in play tasks with children with autism
spectrum disorders. Thirty children with autism were included using a repeated …

Children with autism spectrum disorders have difficulties in identifying situation-based
emotions, which is a fundamental ability for mind reading. Social robots received increased …

Background and Objectives: The aim of this exploratory study is to test whether social stories
presented by a social robot have a greater effect than ones presented on a computer display …

This study investigates the way children categorize different robots and their preferences for
certain robots. For this aim, a matching pictures game in which 6 social robots are to be …

Therapy with robotic tools is a promising way to help improve verbal and nonverbal
communication in children. The robotic tools are able to increase aspects such as eye …

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have persistent deficits in social
communication and social interaction, as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior …

Designing plant-driven actuators presents an opportunity to create new types of devices that
grow, age, and decay, such as robots that embody these qualities in their physical structure …