This chapter presents an overview of emotional and affective components in human factors
(HF) and human–computer interaction (HCI). First, the definitions of terminologies are …

Robot-assisted therapy (RAT) is a promising area of translational neuroscience for children
with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). It has been widely demonstrated that this kind of …

Robots have the potential to facilitate future therapies for children on the autism spectrum.
However, existing robots are limited in their ability to automatically perceive and respond to …

Recent research suggests that children with autism exhibit certain positive social behaviors
while interacting with robots that are not observed while interacting with their peers …

Recent research has employed socially assistive robots as catalysts for social interaction
and improved communication in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

The current manuscript is the second in a mini-series of manuscripts reporting the effects of
alternative, movement-based, rhythm and robotic interventions on the social communication …

Robot-based autism therapy is a rapidly developing area of research, with a wide variety of
robots being developed for use in clinical settings. Specific, detailed requirements for robots …

Robots are often employed to proactively engage children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD) in well-defined physical or social activities to promote specific educational or …

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) engage in highly perseverative and inflexible
behaviours. Technological tools, such as robots, received increased attention as social …

This paper presents and studies various selected literature primarily from conference
proceedings, journals and clinical tests of the robotic, mechatronics, neurology and …