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R2C3, A Rehabilitation Robotic Companion for Children and Caregivers: The Collaborative Design of a Social Robot for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions affecting children’s neurodevelopment with consequences on personal, social, and...
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Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Low Cost, Portable, 3-DOF Wrist Rehabilitation Robot with High Physical Human–Robot Interaction
The success of the physical therapy and rehabilitation depends on mostly the continuity of the exercises. The best way to ensure this continuity is...
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The Critical Robot: Impact of Performance Feedback on Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Esteem and Psychophysiology in Human–Robot Interaction
Social, anthropomorphic robots are increasingly used in professional work environments to collaborate with humans. However, little is known about how...
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Design and modeling of a cable-driven articulated robot intended to conduct lower limb recovery training
The proposed cable-driven articulated robot (CDAR) is composed mainly of an articulated-multibody system which is connected to three cables, and can...
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Improvement in the Mechanical Design of Mechatronic Devices with Therapeutic Operating Systems
The improvement of the mechanical design of therapeutic mechatronic devices; since the pandemic March 2020; has focused on optimizing information and...
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The Power of Personal Ontologies: Individual Traits Prevail Over Robot Traits in Sha** Robot Humanization Perceptions
This study examines facets of robot humanization, defined as how people think of robots as social and human-like entities through perceptions of...
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Kinematics and stiffness analysis of a wheelchair-based cable-actuated ankle rehabilitation robot with flexure-based variable-stiffness devices
To improve the therapeutic effect of robot-assisted rehabilitation for stroke patients, a novel ankle rehabilitation robot was developed based on a...
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Assistive Robot Design for Lower Limbs Rehabilitation Using Fuzzy Control
This paper proposed an assistive robot design for lower limbs rehabilitation using fuzzy control. A robot is developed to rejuvenate stroke patients’...
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Utilizing an Emotional Robot Capable of Lip-Syncing in Robot-Assisted Speech Therapy Sessions for Children with Language Disorders
This study scrutinizes the impacts of utilizing a socially assistive robot, the RASA robot, during speech therapy sessions for children with language...
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Robot-Assisted Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review
An array of developmental disorders known collectively as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that can cause significant social interaction,...
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Wearable Passive Cable-Driven Wrist Rehabilitation Robot: Design and Preliminary Experiments
The subject of this investigation is RehaWrist.q, a wearable wrist rehabilitation robot with 3 degrees of freedom (DoF), characterised by its small...
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Moffuly-II: A Robot that Hugs and Rubs Heads
Although whole-body touch interaction, e.g., hugging, is essential for human beings from various perspectives, not everyone can interact with...
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Design and Evaluation of a Mobile Robotic Assistant for Emotional Learning in Individuals with ASD: Expert Evaluation Stage
This article introduces the design and assessment of a robotic assistant aimed at generating therapeutic interventions for individuals with ASD. A...
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Building Long-Term Human–Robot Relationships: Examining Disclosure, Perception and Well-Being Across Time
While interactions with social robots are novel and exciting for many people, one concern is the extent to which people’s behavioural and...
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Assisted Living Robots: Discussion and Design of a Robot for Elder Care
The exponential increase in the population of older generation has made it imperative to introduce advancements in their healthcare. Thus, the...
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Interaction Assessment of a Social-Care Robot in Day center Patients with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study
As dementia-induced impairments of daily functioning escalate, novel cognitive stimulation techniques utilizing technological advances, like social...
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Physical Human-Robot Interaction Influence in ASD Therapy Through an Affordable Soft Social Robot
In the latest years, there has been a rise in social robotics’ interest as a support tool in various scopes. For instance, social robots have been...
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Differential Outcomes Training of Visuospatial Memory: A Gamified Approach Using a Socially Assistive Robot
This study represents the first stage of evaluating whether cognitive training interventions may be facilitated by the presence of a socially...
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An Animatronic Robot to Provide Therapeutic Support to Preschool Children Attending Medical Consultations
Several studies indicate that the hospitalization process generates stress in patients and in the case of children this can result in a devastating...
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Research on the workspace and analytical stiffness method of a cable-driven robot intended to conduct lower limb rehabilitation therapies
This paper proposed a cable-driven robot for performing lower limb rehabilitation therapies. Based on important requirements intended to confirm...