Child and family care professionals in the Netherlands are facing challenges including high
workloads. Technological support could be beneficial in this context, eg for education …

Social robots can improve quality of life for children undergoing prolonged hospital stays,
both by offering a fun and interactive distraction and by providing practical assistance during …

The fields of Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction are undergoing rapid growth,
motivated by important societal challenges facing the general public such as aging in place …

For robots to play an increased role in healthcare settings, the understanding on nurse-
patient human-centric interactions in their unique scenario-based setting is crucial for …

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

Social robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in the real world. Unsupervised user
interactions in a natural and familiar setting, such as the home, can reveal novel design …

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 …

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 …

Robots create a window of opportunity to challenge the barriers that children with special
needs face. Robots are physical agents that can be imbued with seemingly" intelligent" …

To provide effective support in child health care, social robots' behaviors should be well-
tailored to the care context and situated user needs. This research focuses on a social robot …