Human-centred design methods: Developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 873-898

  Robins, Ben ^a   Ferrari, Ester ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Kronreif, Gernot ^b   Prazak Aram, Barbara ^c   Gelderblom, Gert Jan ^d   Tanja, Bernd ^d   Caprino, Francesca ^e   Laudanna, Elena ^e   Marti, Patrizia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PROFACTOR ^*  (Austria)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d Vilans   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Human centred design; Humanrobot interaction; Robot assisted play

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; COLLABORATIVE PLAY; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTIONS; HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; ROBOTIC TOYS; SPECIAL NEEDS; USER GROUPS;

EDUCATION; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 77957866265     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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