Develo** kaspar: a humanoid robot for children with autism

LJ Wood, A Zaraki, B Robins, K Dautenhahn - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In the late 1990s using robotic technology to assist children with Autistic Spectrum Condition
(ASD) emerged as a potentially useful area of research. Since then the field of assistive …

Using a humanoid robot to elicit body awareness and appropriate physical interaction in children with autism

S Costa, H Lehmann, K Dautenhahn, B Robins… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
In this article we describe a human–robot interaction study, focusing on tactile aspects of
interaction, in which children with autism interacted with the child-like humanoid robot …

Integration of action and language knowledge: A roadmap for developmental robotics

A Cangelosi, G Metta, G Sagerer, S Nolfi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This position paper proposes that the study of embodied cognitive agents, such as
humanoid robots, can advance our understanding of the cognitive development of complex …

Robot-mediated interviews-how effective is a humanoid robot as a tool for interviewing young children?

LJ Wood, K Dautenhahn, A Rainer, B Robins… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Robots have been used in a variety of education, therapy or entertainment contexts. This
paper introduces the novel application of using humanoid robots for robot-mediated …

A long-term human-robot proxemic study

ML Walters, MA Oskoei, DS Syrdal… - 2011 RO-MAN, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A long-term Human-Robot Proxemic (HRP) study was performed using a newly developed
Autonomous Proxemic System (APS) for a robot to measure and control the approach …

Toward simple control for complex, autonomous robotic applications: combining discrete and rhythmic motor primitives

S Degallier, L Righetti, S Gay, A Ijspeert - Autonomous robots, 2011 - Springer
Vertebrates are able to quickly adapt to new environments in a very robust, seemingly
effortless way. To explain both this adaptivity and robustness, a very promising perspective …

Designing trustworthy product recommendation virtual agents operating positive emotion and having copious amount of knowledge

T Matsui, S Yamada - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Anthropomorphic agents used in online-shop** need to be trusted by users so that users
feel comfortable buying products. In this paper, we propose a model for designing …

Evaluation of the robot assisted sign language tutoring using video-based studies

H Kose, R Yorganci, EH Algan, DS Syrdal - International Journal of Social …, 2012 - Springer
The results are from an on-going study which aims to assist in the teaching of Sign
Language (SL) to hearing impaired children by means of non-verbal communication and …

The impact of the contingency of robot feedback on HRI

K Fischer, K Lohan, J Saunders… - … and Systems (CTS), 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the impact the contingency of robot feedback may have on the
quality of verbal human-robot interaction. In order to assess not only what the effects are but …

Can real-time, adaptive human–robot motor coordination improve humans' overall perception of a robot?

Q Shen, K Dautenhahn, J Saunders… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Previous research on social interaction among humans suggested that interpersonal motor
coordination can help to establish social rapport. Our research addresses the question of …