Does appearance matter in the interaction of children with autism with a humanoid robot?

Interaction Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-512

  Robins, Ben ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Dubowski, Janek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Autism; Human Robot Interaction; Robot appearance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904019482     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.7.3.16rob     Document Type: Article

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