Conversational agents in therapeutic interventions for neurodevelopmental disorders: a survey

F Catania, M Spitale, F Garzotto - ACM Computing Surveys, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the
developmental period characterized by deficits in the cognitive and social areas …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on the design and evolution of social robots—Past, present and future

H Mahdi, SA Akgun, S Saleh, K Dautenhahn - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the relatively young age of Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) as a field, there is a
large volume of research on advances in robot hardware, software and behavior. The goal …

Teaching music to children with autism: a social robotics challenge

A Taheri, A Meghdari, M Alemi… - Scientia …, 2019 - scientiairanica.sharif.edu
Utilizing a humanoid social robot to systematically teach music to children with autism has
not received wide attention to date. In this study, a novel robot-assisted music-based …

Robot-assisted training for children with autism spectrum disorder: a review

MA Islam, MM Hasan, SA Deowan - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic …, 2023 - Springer
An array of developmental disorders known collectively as autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
that can cause significant social interaction, communication, and behavioral challenges. To …

Human–robot companionship: Current trends and future agenda

E Ahmed, OO Buruk, J Hamari - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2024 - Springer
The field of robotics has grown exponentially over the years, especially the social aspect,
which has enabled robots to interact with humans meaningfully. Robots are now used in …

Robots as Human Companions: A Review

E Ahmed, J Hamari - Pacific Asia Conference on …, 2022 - researchportal.tuni.fi
The field of robotics has grown exponentially over the years, especially the social aspect has
been given a lot of attention. Although there is a significant amount of research on robots …

Inclusive toys for rehabilitation of children with disability: a systematic review

EP dos Santos Nunes, VA da Conceição Júnior… - Universal Access in …, 2017 - Springer
Playing is part of children's daily life and it is an important aspect of their development
because it promotes not only entertainment, but also influences the psychological …

RoboParrot 2.0: a multi-purpose social robot

AM Shayan, A Sarmadi, A Pirastehzad… - … on Robotics and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A large variety of social robots with various applications have been developed recently in
order to improve Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and satisfy certain social needs such as …

Teaching turn-taking skills to children with autism using a parrot-like robot

P Soleiman, H Moradi, M Mahmoudi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Robot Assisted Therapy is a new paradigm in many therapies such as the therapy of
children with autism spectrum disorder. In this paper we present the use of a parrot-like robot …

Initial response in HRI: a pilot study on autism spectrum disorder children interacting with a humanoid QTrobot

MF El-Muhammady, SAM Zabidi, HM Yusof… - … Conference on Robot …, 2022 - Springer
Research in the area of Human-robot Interaction (HRI) has gained momentum in recent
years. The robot-based intervention system has spread to help the less fortunate specifically …