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 …

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 …

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 …

Child-robot interactions in educational, developmental, and health domains are widely
explored, but little is known about how families perceive the presence of a social robot in …

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 …

Research in child-robot interactions suggests that engaging in “care-taking” of a social robot,
such as tucking the robot in at night, can strengthen relationships formed between children …

Social robots are increasingly being developed for long-term interactions with children in
domains such as healthcare, education, therapy, and entertainment. As such, we need to …

To be successful and acceptable, social robots must demonstrate social competence,
navigate sensitive situations, and react to adverse events. Designing robot behaviors for …