Browsing by Author "Harwin, W."

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    • Can Social Interaction Skills Be Taught by a Social Agent? The Role of a Robotic Mediator in Autism Therapy 

      Werry, I.; Dautenhahn, K.; Ogden, B.; Harwin, W. (2001)
      Increasingly socially intelligent agents (software or robotic) are used in education, rehabilitation and therapy. This paper discusses the role of inter-active, mobile robots as social mediators in the particular domain ...

    • Error correction movement for machine assisted stroke rehabilitation 

      Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Loureiro, R.; Driessen, B.; Harwin, W. (IOS Press, 2001)
      Machine assisted physiotherapy has a great potential to improve the outcome of patients engaged on rehabilitation for upper limb motor impairment. In this paper we will present the concepts and tests carried out in order ...

    • Evaluating the Response of Children with Autism to a Robot 

      Werry, I.; Dautenhahn, K.; Harwin, W. (RESNA Press, 2001)
      Since 1998, the Aurora project has been investigating the use of a robotic platform as a tool for therapy use with children with autism. A key issue in this project is the evaluation of the interactions, which are not ...

    • A Gentle/S approach to robot assisted neuro-rehabilitation 

      Loureiro, R.; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Harwin, W. (Springer Nature, 2004-06)
      Movement disorders (MD) include a group of neurological disorders that involve neuromotor systems. MD can result in several abnormalities ranging from an inability to move, to severe constant and excessive movements. Strokes ...

    • The GENTLE/S project : A new method of delivering neuro-rehabilitation 

      Harwin, W.; Loureiro, R.; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Taylor, M.; Johnson, G.; Stokes, E.; Coote, S.; Topping, M.; Collin, C.; Tamparis, S.; Kontoulis, J.; Munih, M.; Hawkins, P.; Driessen, B. (IOS Press, 2001)
      Stroke is a leading cause of disability and in particular effects older people. Although the causes of stroke are well known and it is possible to reduce these risks. there is a need to improve rehabilitation techniques ...

    • Investigating a Robot as a Therapy Partner for Children with Autism 

      Werry, I.; Dautenhahn, K.; Harwin, W. (2001)
      The aurora project is investigating the possibility of using a robotic platform as a therapy aid for--children with autism. Because of the nature of this disability, the robot could be beneficial in its ability--to present ...

    • Minimum jerk trajectory control for rehabilitation and haptic applications 

      Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Loureiro, R.; Harwin, W. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2002)
      Smooth Trajectories are essential for safe interaction in between human and a haptic interface. Different methods and strategies have been introduced to create such smooth trajectories. This paper studies the creation of ...

    • A novel method for computing natural path for robot assisted movements in synthetic worlds 

      Loureiro, R.; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Driessen, B.; Harwin, W. (IOS Press, 2001)
      Several methods and theories have been used to create a smooth trajectory for machine assisted physiotherapy [1]. We have introduced a novel theory to create such a smooth trajectory. The mathematical model introduced in ...

    • Upper limb robot mediated stroke therapy - GENTLE/s approach 

      Loureiro, R; Amirabdollahian, F; Topping, M; Driessen, B; Harwin, W. (2003-07)
      Stroke is a leading cause of disability in particular affecting older people. Although the causes of stroke are well known and it is possible to reduce these risks, there is still a need to improve rehabilitation techniques. ...