Social anxiety disorder or social phobia is a condition characterized by debilitating fear and
avoidance of different social situations. We provide an overview of social anxiety and …

In the late 1990s using robotic technology to assist children with Autistic Spectrum Condition
(ASD) emerged as a potentially useful area of research. Since then the field of assistive …

The design and use of social robots addressed to the children population is a growing
research field. The understanding of how the children react, or what are their preferences …

Social robots have been used in mental health care interventions not only to increase
access to mental health treatments, but also to complement the support provided by …

The study described in this paper investigated the effects of previous exposure to robots on
children's perception of the Kaspar robot. 166 children aged between 7 and 11 participated …

In this paper we provide an overview of the study we have recently conducted investigating
the possibility of using humanoid robots to teach children with Autism Spectrum Condition …

In recent years the possibility of using humanoid robots to perform interviews with children
has been explored in a number of studies. This paper details a study in which a potential …

This paper presents new ways to imagine and carry out creative pedagogies that use robots
to teach socio-technical topics. The paper presents key theoretical and methodological …

The advances in social robotics have extended the possibilities of their use in different
applications and have also increased the sectors of users to which those applications can …