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Robots as Isolators or Mediators for Children with Autism A Cautionary Tale
(The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), 2005)
The discussion presented in this paper is part of our investigation in the Aurora project into the potential use of robots as therapeutic or educational ‘toys’ specifically for use by children with autism. The paper raises ...
Sustaining interaction dynamics and engagement in dyadic child-robot interaction kinesics: Lessons learnt from an exploratory study
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2005)
Motivated by questions of interaction design for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), an exploratory initial study was carried out with children and a robotic pet in order to improve understanding the design space for interaction ...
Robot-mediated joint attention in children with autism : A case study in robot-human interaction
(2004)
Interactive robots are used increasingly not only in entertainment and service robotics, but also in rehabilitation, therapy and education. The work presented in this paper is part of the Aurora project, rooted in assistive ...
Robots as assistive technology - does appearance matter
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2004)
This paper studies the eflect of a robot’s design (appearance) in facilitating and encouraging interaction of children with autism with a small humanoid robot. The paper compares the children’s level of interaction with ...