Humanoids; a most intriguing subject to behold by both the engineers and the world at large.
With the introduction of humanoid robot NAO by Aldebaran-Robotics in 2008, a performant …

The overall context proposed in this paper is part of our long-standing goal to contribute to a
group of community that suffers from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); a lifelong …

This paper presents an exploratory study designed for children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASD) that investigates children's awareness of being imitated by a robot in a …

Amir ALY Page 1 Master Thesis Report Human Posture Recognition and Gesture Imitation with
a Humanoid Robot By Amir ALY (Master Student- Université Pierre et Marie Curie- UPMC) …

This paper presents the initial response of Autism children interacting with Humanoid Robot
NAO in Robot-based Intervention Program. Twelve Autism children from National Autism …

Robots become more and more omnipresent in our life and society, and many challenges
arise when we try to use them in a social context. This thesis focuses on how to generate an …

Imitation plays an important role in development, being one of the precursors of social
cognition. Even though some children with autism imitate spontaneously and other children …

Haptic and robotic interfaces are recently gaining momentum to be pervasively integrated in
modern everyday life. In fact, they can be employed in several different fields, ranging from …

Para las personas es imprescindible comprender la atención, el estado de ánimo y el
contexto de una interacción con otra persona para que esta se desarrolle de una manera …

2. Method A single-subject ABAC design with replication across 4 participants was
employed. The independent variable was the type of interaction agent: robot versus human …