Browsing Research publications by Author "Robins, B."
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Developing child-robot interaction scenarios with a humanoid robot to assist children with autism in developing visual perspective taking skills
Wood, L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Robins, B.; Zaraki, A. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017-12-14)Children with autism often find it difficult to understand that other people might have perspectives, viewpoints, beliefs and knowledge that are different from their own. One fundamental aspect of this difficulty is Visual ... -
Developing play scenarios for tactile interaction with a humanoid robot : A case study exploration with children with autism
Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K. (2010)The work presented in this paper is part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The paper presents the completion of the first phase towards skin-based robot assisted play that included a literature review, exploratory ... -
Developing scenarios for robot assisted play
Robins, B.; Ferrari, E.; Dautenhahn, K. (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 ... -
“Does it work?” A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of a robotic toy for children with special needs
Ferrari, E.; Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K. (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 ... -
The effectiveness of using a robotics class to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an exploratory study
Wainer, J.; Ferrari, E.; Dautenhahn, K.; Robins, B. (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 ... -
Eliciting Requirements for a Robotic Toy for Children with Autism - Results from User Panels
Robins, B.; Otero, N.; Ferrari, E.; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007) -
Embodiment and cognitive learning - Can a humanoid robot help children with autism to learn about tactile social behaviour?
Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Dickerson, P. (Springer Nature, 2012)The work presented in this paper is part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The project aims to develop new robot capabilities based on the tactile feedback provided by novel robotic skin. The main objective of ... -
From Isolation to Communication : A Case Study Evaluation of Robot Assisted Play for Children with Autism with a Minimally Expressive Humanoid Robot
Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Dickerson, P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009)The general context of the work presented in this paper is assistive robotics with our long-term aim to support children with autism. This paper is part of the Aurora project that studies ways in which robotic systems can ... -
Human-centred design methods : developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials
Robins, B.; Ferrari, E.; Dautenhahn, K.; Kronreif, G.; Prazak-Aram, B.; Gelderblom, G.; Tanja, B.; Caprino, F.; Laudanna, E.; Marti, P. (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 ... -
Investigating autistic children's attitudes towards strangers with the theatrical robot - a new experimental paradigm in human-robot interaction studies
Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Dubowski, J. (2004) -
Investigating tactile event recognition in child-robot interaction for use in autism therapy
Amirabdollahian, F.; Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Ji, Z. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)The work presented in this paper is part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The project aims to develop and demonstrate a range of new robot capabilities based on robot skin tactile feedback from large areas of ... -
KASPAR - a minimally expressive humanoid robot for human-robot interaction research
Dautenhahn, K.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Walters, M.L.; Robins, B.; Kose-Bagci, H.; Mirza, N.A.; Blow, M. (2009)This paper provides a comprehensive introduction to the design of the minimally expressive robot KASPAR, which is particularly suitable for human-robot interaction studies. A low-cost design with off-the-shelf components ... -
'Make it move' : Playing cause and effect games with a robot companion for children with cognitive disabilities
Lehmann, H.; Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Iacono, I.; Marti, P. (ACM Press, 2011-01-01)Play is one of the most important activities in child development. Children with special needs are often excluded from play activities due to the nature of their impairments. This paper describes the use of two types of ... -
Robot-Mediated Interviews - How Effective Is a Humanoid Robot as a Tool for Interviewing Young Children?
Wood, Luke; Dautenhahn, K.; Rainer, A.; Robins, B.; Lehmann, H.; Syrdal, D.S. (2013-03-22)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 interviews. An experimental study examines how ... -
Robot-mediated interviews : Does a robotic interviewer impact question difficulty and information recovery?
Wood, L. J.; Dautenhahn, K.; Lehmann, H.; Robins, B.; Rainer, A.; Syrdal, D.S. (IOS Press, 2013)Our previous research has shown that children respond to a robotic interviewer very similar compared to a human interviewer, pointing towards the prospect of using robot-mediated interviews in situations where human ... -
Robot-Mediated Interviews with Children : What do potential users think?
Wood, L. J.; Lehmann, H.; Dautenhahn, K.; Robins, B.; Rainer, A.; Syrdal, D.S. (Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 2014-04-04)When police officers are conducting interviews with children, some of the disclosures can be quite shocking. This can make it difficult for an officer to maintain their composure without subtly indicating their shock to ... -
Robot-mediated interviews: : Do robots possess advantages over human interviewers when talking to children with special needs?
Wood, L.J.; Dautenhahn, K.; Lehmann, H.; Robins, B.; Rainer, A.; Syrdal, D.S. (Springer Nature, 2013-12)Children that have a disability are up to four times more likely to be a victim of abuse than typically developing children. However, the number of cases that result in prosecution is relatively low. One of the factors ... -
Robot-mediated joint attention in children with autism : A case study in robot-human interaction
Robins, B.; Dickerson, P.; Stribling, P.; Dautenhahn, K. (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 ... -
Robotic Assistants in Therapy and Education of Children with Autism: Can a Small Humanoid Robot Help Encourage Social Interaction Skills
Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Billard, A.; Te Boekhorst, R. (2004) -
Robots as assistive technology - does appearance matter
Robins, B.; Dautenhahn, K.; Te Boekhorst, R.; Billard, A. (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 ...