Children with disabilities often have fewer opportunities and motivation for play, impacting
their cognitive and social development. This has resulted in the development of therapies to …

This book presents a comprehensive guide to the design of playing robots and the related
play experiences. Play is a natural activity for building and improving abilities, and it reveals …

Purpose: Play is a right for every child and has a key role in child development. Play can be
analyzed according to the construct of playfulness, which is the child's disposition to play …

We are currently conducting a study with children and their family units to learn the
requirements for, concerns about, barriers to, and opinions on using social robots to facilitate …

Powered mobility technology can be a powerful tool to facilitate self-initiated exploration and
play for toddlers with motor disabilities. The joystick-controlled Permobil Explorer Mini is …

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) offer promise to the play of children with significant physical
impairments, as BCI technology can enable disabled children to control computer devices …

Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities and lower motivation for play, impacting
their cognitive and social de-velopment. Leveraging co-design and participatory design we …

While children with disabilities often face barriers to play including reduced time, exclusion,
and ill-suited toys, impacting their development, social robots provide the potential to help …

Free play is of great benefit for children's physical and cognitive development, especially for
younger ages. However, children with motor restrictions cannot engage in free play like their …

Use cases are tools designed to capture functional requirements of a system according to
user goals by incorporating a description of the user's characteristics, their goals, additional …