The present study systematically reviewed scientific literature addressing the concept of
artificial companions (ACs). The dataset, which encompasses 22 years of research, was …

Robot-assisted rehabilitation is an exciting field which aims to incorporate relevant
developments in robotics related to rehabilitation with the intention of defining new …

This paper describes a substantial effort to build a real-time interactive multimodal dialogue
system with a focus on emotional and nonverbal interaction capabilities. The work is …

Social robots are increasingly being used as a mediator between a therapist and a child in
autism therapy studies. In this context, most behavioural interventions are typically short …

JESSIE is a robotic system that enables novice programmers to program social robots by
expressing high-level specifications. We employ control synthesis with a tangible front-end …

Interactive learning technologies, such as robots, increasingly find their way into schools.
However, more research is needed to see how children might work with such systems in the …

We present insights gleaned from a series of child-robot interaction experiments carried out
in a hospital paediatric department. Our aim here is to share good practice in experimental …

Research shows that particular social robots are effective in interactions with people, from
teaching young children to supporting older adult's healthcare. There is little research …

This study investigates the use of an assistive humanoid robot for teaching to and learning
among young children in an informal learning environment. The robot is called NAO and …

Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) systems is used as a media to teach a
language without the need for a classroom or a teacher. CALL systems include language …