In the past decade, interdisciplinary research has revealed the potential benefits of using
social robots in the care of individuals with autism. There is a growing interest in integrating …

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder show deficits in communication and social
interaction, as well as repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. Interacting with robots …

Introduction In Industry 4.0, collaborative tasks often involve operators working with
collaborative robots (cobots) in shared workspaces. Many aspects of the operator's well …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), hallmarked by antero-temporal degeneration in the human
brain, is the second most common early onset dementia. FTD is a diverse disease with three …

Research has recognized the importance of individ-ual differences of children with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that require interventions to meet their heterogeneous needs. This …

Individuals with autism are known to face challenges with emotion regulation, and express
their affective states in a variety of ways. With this in mind, an increasing amount of research …

Social robots, particularly in assisting children with autism, have exhibited positive impacts
on mental health. While prior studies concentrated on social robots in the Global North …

Social robots have great potential for the therapy of children with autism spectrum disorder,
but the practical use of them is challenging. In this article, we presented a social robot …

This conceptual paper presents a novel framework for the design and study of social robots
that support well-being. Building upon the self-determination theory and the associated …

There has always been a dilemma of the extent to which human can rely on machines in
different activities of daily living. Ranging from riding on a self-driving car to having an …