Incorporation of social robots into rehabilitation calls for understanding what factors affect
user motivation and success of the interaction. Trust between the user and the robot has …

Intelligent service robots are currently being developed to cater to demands in emerging
areas of robotic applications, ranging from entertainment to health care. These service …

Abstract Background Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been proposed as a tool to help
individuals who have had a stroke to perform their exercise during their rehabilitation …

An overreliance on the less-affected limb for functional tasks at the expense of the paretic
limb and in spite of recovered capacity is an often-observed phenomenon in survivors of …

In this paper we present the results of a qualitative study with therapists to inform social
robotics and human robot interaction (HRI) for engagement in rehabilitative therapies. Our …

We developed a novel gamified system for post-stroke long-term rehabilitation, using the
humanoid robot Pepper (SoftBank, Aldebaran). Here, we present a participatory-design …

What are the benefits of using a socially assistive robot for long-term cardiac rehabilitation?
To answer this question we designed and conducted a real-world long-term study, in …

This paper offers a case study in undertaking a mutual shaping approach to the design of
socially assistive robots. We consider the use of social robots in therapy, and we present our …

Most social robot behaviors in human-robot interaction are designed to be polite, but there is
little research about how or when a robot could be impolite, and if that may ever be …

Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been proposed to assist post-stroke patients in
performing their exercise during their rehabilitation process, with the trust in the robot …