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Developing child-robot interaction scenarios with a humanoid robot to assist children with autism in developing visual perspective taking skills
(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 ...
Robot-Mediated Interviews with Children : What do potential users think?
(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?
(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 Interviews - How Effective Is a Humanoid Robot as a Tool for Interviewing Young Children?
(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 ...
Where the action is : A conversation analytic perspective on interaction between a humanoid robot, a co-present adult and a child with an ASD
(2013-01)
This paper examines interaction involving a child with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder, a humanoid robot and a co-present adult. In this paper data from one child (collected as part of the ROBOSKIN project) is analysed in ...
Robot-mediated interviews : Does a robotic interviewer impact question difficulty and information recovery?
(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 ...
Embodiment and cognitive learning - Can a humanoid robot help children with autism to learn about tactile social behaviour?
(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 ...
'Make it move' : Playing cause and effect games with a robot companion for children with cognitive disabilities
(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 ...
Investigating tactile event recognition in child-robot interaction for use in autism therapy
(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 ...
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 ...