Scenarios of robot-assisted play for children with cognitive and physical disabilities

Interaction Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-234

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology   (Austria)

^d AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted play; Assistive technology; Autism; Human robot interaction; Mild mental retardation; Play scenarios; Severe motor impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862063447     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.13.2.03rob     Document Type: Article

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