We are currently conducting a study with children and their family units to learn the
requirements for, concerns about, barriers to, and opinions on using social robots to facilitate …

Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities and lower motivation for play, impacting
their cognitive and social de-velopment. Leveraging co-design and participatory design we …

While children with disabilities often face barriers to play including reduced time, exclusion,
and ill-suited toys, impacting their development, social robots provide the potential to help …

Children with disabilities often have fewer opportunities and motivation for play, impacting
their cognitive and social development. This has resulted in the development of therapies to …

For some time now, researchers have explored the use of social robots as tools to assist
during therapy and education for children with intellectual disabilities and autism. Although …

Play is a vital part of childhood, however, children with physical special needs face many
obstacles in traditional play scenarios. We have developed MyJay, a robotic system that …

Social robots are showing promise in assisting children with an autism spectrum disorder to
improve social, language, and behavioral skills. However, this emerging technology has yet …

Social robots, designed to interact with people through natural communication modes like
speech, body motion, gestures, and facial expressions, have been extensively studied in …

The use of social robots has the potential to improve learning experiences in life skills for
adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Current research in the context of social robots in …

With the recent boom in artificial intelligence and robotics, social robots are being
increasingly used as therapeutic devices for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) …