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 …

Assessing the potential of robotics technology for enhancing educational for children with autism spectrum disorder

M Alghamdi, N Alhakbani, A Al-Nafjan - Behavioral Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Robotics technology has been increasingly used as an educational and intervention tool for
children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there remain research issues and …

Computer-and robot-assisted therapies to aid social and intellectual functioning of children with autism spectrum disorder

J DiPietro, A Kelemen, Y Liang, C Sik-Lanyi - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background and objectives: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience
challenges with social interactions, a core feature of the disorder. Social skills therapy has …

Two-year use of care robot Zora in Dutch nursing homes: An evaluation study

C Huisman, H Kort - Healthcare, 2019 - mdpi.com
The use of the Zora robot was monitored and evaluated in 14 nursing care organizations (15
locations). The Zora robot, a Não robot with software, is designed as a social robot and used …

Emotional processes in human-robot interaction during brief cognitive testing

L Desideri, C Ottaviani, M Malavasi, R di Marzio… - Computers in Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the rapid rise in robot presence in a variety of life domains, understanding how robots
influence people's emotions during human-robot interactions is important for ensuring their …

ICT and autism care: state of the art

C Grossard, G Palestra, J Xavier… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
To describe the implications of the findings for clinical practice or research, we describe two
large projects, namely, JEMImE and Michelangelo, as examples of current studies that are …

Differences in spontaneous interactions of autistic children in an interaction with an adult and humanoid robot

BR Schadenberg, D Reidsma, DKJ Heylen… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Robots are promising tools for promoting engagement of autistic children in interventions
and thereby increasing the amount of learning opportunities. However, designing deliberate …

Social Robots: A Promising Tool to Support People with Autism. A Systematic Review of Recent Research and Critical Analysis from the Clinical Perspective

R Vagnetti, A Di Nuovo, M Mazza, M Valenti - Review Journal of Autism …, 2024 - Springer
In the past decade, interdisciplinary research has revealed the potential benefits of using
social robots in the care of individuals with autism. There is a growing interest in integrating …

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 …

Predictable robots for autistic children—Variance in robot behaviour, Idiosyncrasies in Autistic Children's Characteristics, and Child–Robot Engagement

BR Schadenberg, D Reidsma, V Evers… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Predictability is important to autistic individuals, and robots have been suggested to meet
this need as they can be programmed to be predictable, as well as elicit social interaction …