Browsing Research publications by Author "Robins, Ben"
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Scenarios of robot-assisted play for children with cognitive and physical disabilities.
Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, K.; Ferrari, Ester; Kronreif, Gernot; Prazak-Aram, Barbara; Marti, Patrizia; Iacono, Iolanda; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; Bernd, Tanja; Caprino, Francesca; Laudanna, Elena (2012)This article presents a novel set of ten play scenarios for robot-assisted play for children with special needs. This set of scenarios is one of the key outcomes of the IROMEC project that investigated how robotic toys can ... -
Study to investigate the effectiveness of using a humanoid robot (Kaspar) to improve the social skills of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: a randomised controlled feasibility trial
Irvine, Karen; Sharma, Shivani; Wellsted, David; Mengoni, Silvana; Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, Kerstin (2019-09-15) -
Tactile Interactions with a Humanoid Robot : Novel Play Scenario Implementations with Children with Autism
Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, K. (2014-08-01)The work presented in this paper was part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The project has developed new robot capabilities based on the tactile feedback provided by novel robotic skin, with the aim to provide ... -
Toward Autonomous Child-Robot Interaction: Development of an Interactive Architecture for the Humanoid Kaspar Robot
Zaraki, Abolfazl; Wood, Luke; Novanda, Ori; Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, Kerstin (2017-03)Recently, the development and deployment of social robots to support children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) has attracted the attention of researchers in different fields. The main aim of this multidisciplinary ... -
Towards understanding causality-a retrospective study of using explanations in interactions between a humanoid robot and autistic children
Sarda Gou, Marina; Lakatos, Gabriella; Holthaus, Patrick; Wood, Luke; Mousavi, Mohammadreza; Robins, Ben; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-09-30)Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often struggle with visual perspective taking (VPT) skills and the understanding that others might have viewpoints and perspectives that are different from their own; i.e., the ... -
Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism
Costa, Sandra; Lehmann, Hagen; Dautenhahn, K.; Robins, Ben; Soares, Filomena (2015-04-01)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 KASPAR. KASPAR was equipped with touch ... -
Using the humanoid robot KASPAR to autonomously play triadic games and facilitate collaborative play among children with autism
Wainer, Joshua; Robins, Ben; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Dautenhahn, K. (2014-09-09)This paper presents a novel design, implementation, and first evaluation of a triadic, collaborative game involving the humanoid robot KASPAR playing games with pairs of children with autism. Children with autism have ... -
Utilising humanoid robots to assist children with autism learn about Visual Perspective Taking
Wood, Luke; Robins, Ben; Lakatos, Gabriella; Syrdal, Dag Sverre; Zaraki, Abolfazl; Dautenhahn, Kerstin (2017-12-12)In this paper we provide an overview of the study we have recently conducted investigating the possibility of using humanoid robots to teach children with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) about Visual Perspective Taking ... -
Utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy to recognize proximity, touch and humans
Scheunemann, Marcus M.; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Salem, Maha; Robins, Ben (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016-11-17)Interacting with humans is one of the main challenges for mobile robots in a human inhabited environment. To enable adaptive behavior, a robot needs to recognize touch gestures and/or the proximity to interacting individuals. ...