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The effectiveness of using a robotics class to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an exploratory study
(2010)
This article describes an exploratory study involving the design of an after-school robotics class for groups of children at the higher-functioning end of the autistic spectrum. The aim of the study was to foster collaboration ...
“Does it work?” A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of a robotic toy for children with special needs
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)
To evaluate the performance of a social robot, both the aspects of safety and technical efficiency as well as the effectiveness of the interaction with the robot from the users' points of view need to be considered. The ...
Human-centred design methods : developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials
(2010)
This article describes the user-centred development of play scenarios for robot assisted play, as part of the multidisciplinary IROMEC1 project that develops a novel robotic toy for children with special needs. The project ...
Therapeutic and educational objectives in robot assisted play for children with autism
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009)
This article is a methodological paper that describes the therapeutic and educational objectives that were identified during the design process of a robot aimed at robot assisted play. The work described in this paper is ...
Developing scenarios for robot assisted play
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008)
This paper describes the user-centred development of play scenarios for robot assisted play, as part of the IROMEC project that develops a novel robotic toy for children with special needs. The project investigates how ...
Eliciting Requirements for a Robotic Toy for Children with Autism - Results from User Panels
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007)