Critical factors involved in using interactive robots for play activities of children with disabilities

Assistive Technology Research Series

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 505-509

  Besio, Serenella ^a   Dini, Silvia ^a   Ferrari, Ester ^b   Robins, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children with disabilities; HRI Human Robot Interaction; play; robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865406904     PISSN: 1383813X     EISSN: 18798071     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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