This page lists all publications from the AuRoRA Project.
2011 Publications
2010 Publications
2009 Publications
2008 Publications
2007 Publications
2006 Publications
2005 Publications
2004 Publications
2003 Publications
2002 Publications
2001 Publications
2000 Publications
Pre-2000 Publications
Notes on reading these documents
2011 Publications
- Ze Ji, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Daniel Polani, Kerstin Dautenhahn
(2011)
- Histogram based classification of tactile patterns on periodically distributed skin sensors for a humanoid robot.
- To appear in Proceedings RO-MAN 2011, 20th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - 31 July - 3 August 2011
2010 Publications
- Ben Robins, Ester Ferrari, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Gernot Kronrief,
Barbara Prazak, Gert-Jan Gerderblom, Francesca Caprino, Elena Laudanna
(2010)
- Developing Scenarios for Robot Assisted Play Informed by User Panels and Field Trials.
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies IJHCS
- Joshua Wainer, Ester Ferrari, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Ben Robinsn (2010)
- The effectiveness of using a robotics class to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an exploratory study.
- Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 14:445-455
- Ester Ferrari, Ben Robins and Kerstin Dautenhahn (2010)
- “Does it work?” A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of a robotic toy for children with special needs.
- 19th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 10) September 2010, Viareggio, Italy.
- Ben Robins, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Ze Ji, Kerstin Dautenhahn (
2010)
- Tactile interaction with a humanoid robot for children with autism: A case study analysis involving user requirements and results of an initial implementation.
- J19th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 10) September 2010, Viareggio, Italy.
- Ben Robins and Kerstin Dautenhahn ( 2010)
- Developing Play Scenarios for Tactile Interaction with a Humanoid Robot: A Case Study Exploration with Children with Autism,
- 2nd International Conference on Social Robotics, November 2010, Singapore
- Joshua Wainer, Kerstin Dautenhahn ,Ben Robins and Farshid
Amirabdollahian (2010)
- Collaborating with Kaspar: Using an Autonomous Humanoid Robot to Foster Cooperative Dyadic Play among Children with Autism.
- 10th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 10) December 2010, Nashville, TN
2009 Publications
- Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Paul Dickerson (2009),
- From Isolation to Communication: A Case Study Evaluation of Robot Assisted Play for Children with Autism with a Minimally Expressive Humanoid Robot.
- From Isolation to Communication: A Case Study Evaluation of Robot Assisted Play for Children with Autism with a Minimally Expressive Humanoid Robot.
- Proc. the Second International Conferences on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, ACHI 09, February 1-7, Cancun, Mexico. Published by IEEE Computer Society Press
- Whole paper (pdf format)
- Ester Ferari, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, (2009)
- Robot as a Social Mediator - a Play Scenario Implementation with Children with Autism.
- 8th international Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC09 -Workshop on Creative Interactive Play for Disabled Children, June 3-5, Como, Italy
- Ester Ferari, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn (2009)
- Therapeutic and educational objectives in Robot Assisted Play for children with autism.
- Therapeutic and educational objectives in Robot Assisted Play for children with autism.
- International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 09) September 2009, Toyama, Japan
- Farshid Amirabdollahian, Ben Robins, and Kerstin Dautenhahn, (2009)
- Robotic Skin Requirements Based on Case Studies on Interacting with Children with Autism.
- in “Tactile Sensing” workshop at IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 09) December 2009, Paris, France
2008 Publications
- Josh Wainer, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Ben Robins,
- Using robots to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an after-school class
setting: An exploratory study. - Using robots to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an after-school class
- Proc. of 1st Workshop on Design for Social Interaction through Physical
Play.at the 2nd International conference on Fun and Games, 22 -24 October
2008, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2007 Publications
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- Megan Davis, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Stuart D. Powell,
- The narrative construction of our (social) world: steps towards an interactive learning environment for children with autism.
- Megan Davis, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Stuart D. Powell,
- Universal Access in the Information Society, Volume 6 (2), pp. 145-157
- D. Francois, D. Polani, K. Dautenhahn,
- On-line behaviour classification and adaptation to human-robot interaction styles
- Proc. 2nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI07), March 9-11, 2007, Washington DC, USA, pp. 295 - 302.
- Whole paper (pdf format)
- Megan Davis, Nuno Otero, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Chrystopher Nehaniv, Stuart Powell,
- Creating a software to promote understanding about narrative in children with autism
- Proc. 6th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2007), 1Imperial College, London, 11-13 July 2007, pp. 64-69.
- Whole paper (pdf format)
- Ben Robins, Nuno Otero, Ester Ferrari, Kerstin Dautenhahn,
- Eliciting Requirements for a Robotic Toy for Children with Autism - Results from User Panels
- Proc. 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2007), August 26-29, 2007, Jeju Island, Korea, pp. 101-106.
- Whole paper (pdf format)
2006 Publications
- Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn (2006),
- Does appearance matter in the interaction of children with autism with a humanoid robot?
- Does appearance matter in the interaction of children with autism with a humanoid robot?
- Interaction Studies 7:3, pp. 479-512
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- Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn (2006),
- The role of the experimenter in HRI research - A case study evaluation of children with autism interacting with a robotic toy.
- Proc IEEE Ro-man 2006, 15th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Hatfield, UK
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- Davis, M., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C., Powell, S. A,
- TouchStory: Towards and Interactive Learning Environment for Helping Children with Autism to Understand Narrative.
- Proc. ICCHP 2006, 10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, July 12-14, 2006, University of Linz, Austria.
- Whole paper (pdf format)
- Davis, M., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C., Powell, S. A,
- Towards an interactive system eliciting narrative comprehension in children with autism: A longitudinal study
- Proc. 3rd Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive
Technology
(CWUAAT), incorporating the 6th Cambridge Workshop on Rehabilitation
Robotics, "Designing Accessible Technology" Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, 10 - 12 April 2006
2005 Publications
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- B. Robins, K. Dautenhahn, R. te Boekhorst, and A. Billard,
- Robotic Assistants in Therapy and Education of Children with Autism: Can a Small Humanoid Robot Help Encourage Social Interaction Skills?
- B. Robins, K. Dautenhahn, R. te Boekhorst, and A. Billard,
- Special issue "Design for a more inclusive world" of the international journal Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS), Vol 4(2) special issue Springer-Verlag.
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- B. Robins, K. Dautenhahn and J. Dubowski,
- Robots as isolators or mediators for children with autism? A cautionary tale
- Proc. AISB'05 Symposium on Robot Companions Hard Problems and Open Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction, 14-15 April 2005, University of Hertfordshire, UK, pp. 82-88. Published by SSAISB, available at http//www.aisb.org.uk/publications/proceedings.shtml
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- B. Robins, P. Dickerson and K. Dautenhahn,
- Robots as embodied beings - Interactionally sensitive body movements in interactions among autistic children and a robot
- Proc. IEEE Ro-man 2005, 14th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Nashville, Tennessee, USA: IEEE pres pp. 54-59.
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- Davis, M., Robins, B., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C., Powell, S. A,
- Comparison of Interactive and Robotic Systems in Therapy and Education for Children with Autism
- Proc. Assistive Technology: From Virtuality to Reality AAATE. 2005. Lille: IOS Press. pp 353-357.
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2004 Publications
- Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Janek Dubowski (2004),
- Investigating Autistic Children's Attitudes Towards Strangers with the Theatrical Robot - A New Experimental Paradigm in Human-Robot Interaction Studies
- Proc. IEEE Ro-man 2004, 13th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication September 20-22, 2004 Kurashiki, Okayama Japan.
- Abstract Not Available
- Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Rene te Boekhorst, Aude Billard (2004),
- Robots as Assistive Technology - Does Appearance Matter?
- Proc. IEEE Ro-man 2004, 13th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
September 20-22, 2004 Kurashiki, Okayama Japan. This paper won the best
paper award at IEEE Ro-man 2005.
- Abstract Not Available
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- Tamie Salter, Kerstin Dautenhahn (2004)
- Guidelines for Robot-Human Environments in Therapy
- Proc. IEEE Ro-man 2004, 13th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication September 20-22, 2004 Kurashiki, Okayama Japan.
- Abstract Not Available
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- Tamie Salter, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Rene te Boekhorst (2004)
- Robots Moving out of the Laboratory - Detecting Interaction Levels and Human Contact in Noisy School Environments
- Proc. IEEE Ro-man 2004, 13th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication September 20-22, 2004 Kurashiki, Okayama Japan.
- Abstract Not Available
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- M. Davis, K. Dautenhahn, C. L. Nehaniv, S. Powell (2004)
- Towards an Interactive System Facilitating Therapeutic Narrative Elicitation in Autism
- Third International Conference on Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments (NILE 2004) (Edinburgh, Scotland -- 10-13 August 2004).
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- B. Robins, P. Dickerson, P. Stribling, K. Dautenhahn (2004)
- Robot-Mediated Joint Attention in Children with Autism: A Case Study in Robot-Human Interaction
- Interaction Studies 5:2, pp. 161–198.
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- K. Dautenhahn, I. Werry (2004)
- Towards Interactive Robots in Autism Therapy: Background, Motivation and Challenges
- Pragmatics and Cognition, 12:1 2004 (pp. 1–35)
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- B. Robins, K. Dautenhahn, R. te Boekhorst, A. Billard (2004)
- Effects of repeated exposure to a humanoid robot on children with autism.
- In S. Keates, J. Clarkson, P. Langdon and P. Robinson (Eds.) Designing a More Inclusive World, Springer Verlag, London, pp. 225-236. This paper won the best paper award at CWUAAT (Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology), Cambridge, UK, 22-24 March 2004.
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- T. Salter, R. Te Boekhorst, K. Dautenhahn (2004)
- Detecting and analysing children's play styles with autonomous mobile robots: A case study comparing observational data with sensor readings.
- Proc. The 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8), 10-13 March, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, IOS Press, pp. 61-70
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2003 Publications
- Salter, T., te Boekhorst, R. Dautenhahn, K., Jacob, D. (2003)
- Using infrared sensors for simple sensing of Robot-Human interaction styles: A preliminary study.
- Towards Intelligent Mobile Robots, TIMR 03. 4th British Conference on (Mobile) Robotics. UWE, Bristol. IEE, Springer Verlag London.
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- K. Dautenhahn (2003)
- Roles and Functions of Robots in Human Society - Implications from Research in Autism Therapy
- Robotica, volume 21, pp. 443-452.
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- K. Dautenhahn, I. Werry, T. Salter, R. te Boekhorst (2003)
- Towards Adaptive Autonomous Robots in Autism Therapy: Varieties of Interactions
- IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA'03), Kobe, Japan, July 2003.
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- K. Dautenhahn (2003)
- Playing and Learning with Robots
- The Future of Learning, Eds. Mario Tokoro and Luc Steels, IOS Press, pp. 163-177.
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2002 Publications
- K. Dautenhahn, I. Werry (2002)
- A Quantitative Technique for Analysing Robot-Human Interactions.
- Proc. IROS2002, Lausanne, 2002 IEEE/RSJ. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1132-1138, IEEE Press.
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- Kerstin Dautenhahn, Iain Werry, John Rae, Paul Dickerson, Penny Stribling, Bernard Ogden (2002)
- Robotic Playmates: Analysing Interactive Competencies of Children with Autism Playing with a Mobile Robot
- In: K Dautenhahn, A Bond, L Canamero, B Edmonds (eds.): Socially Intelligent Agents - Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots, Kluwer Academic Publishers, to appear.
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- Kerstin Dautenhahn and Aude Billard (2002)
- Games Children with Autism can Play with Robota, a Humanoid Robotic Doll
- Proceedings 1st Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology [CWUAAT] (incorporating 4th Cambridge Workshop on Rehabilitation Robotics), Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 25-27 March 2002. In: S Keates, PJ Clarkson, PM Langdon and P Robinson (eds.) Universal Access and Assistive Technology, Springer-Verlag (London).
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2001 Publications
- Iain Werry, Kerstin Dautenhahn and William Harwin (2001)
- Investigating a Robot as a Therapy Partner for Children with Autism
- Proceedings AAATE 2001, 6th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AAATE 2001), 3-6 September 2001, Ljubljana / Slovenia
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- Iain Werry, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Bernard Ogden and William Harwin (2001)
- Can Social Interaction Skills Be Taught by a Social Agent? The Role of a Robotic Mediator in Autism Therapy
- Proceedings CT2001, The Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Technology: INSTRUMENTS OF MIND, Monday 6th - Thursday 9th August, 2001 at University of Warwick, United Kingdom, Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.
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- Iain Werry, Kerstin Dautenhahn and William Harwin (2001)
- Evaluating the Response of Children with Autism to a Robot
- To appear in Proceedings RESNA 2001, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Friday, June 22 - Tuesday, June 26, 2001, John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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- Bernard Ogden, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Penny Stribling (2001)
- Interactional Structure Applied to the Identification and Generation of Visual Interactive Behavior: Robots That (Usually) Follow the Rules
- Presented at International Gesture Workshop 2001 [GW2001], London, UK, April 18-20 2001
- Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction, Proceedings of the International Gesture Workshop [GW2001], Lecture Notes in Computer Science, subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2298, Springer-Verlag, 2002
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- Bernard Ogden and Kerstin Dautenhahn (2001)
- Embedding Robotic Agents in the Social Environment
- To appear in Proceedings TIMR 2001, Towards Intelligent Mobile Robots: The 3rd British Conference on Autonomous Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Manchester, 5th April 2001
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- Kerstin Dautenhahn & Iain Werry (2001)
- The AURORA Project: Using Mobile Robots in Autism Therapy
- Learning Technology, online newsletter, publication of IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF), Volume 3 Issue 1, January 2001, ISSN 1438-0625
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2000 Publications
- Kerstin Dautenhahn & Iain Werry (2000)
- Issues of Robot-Human Interaction Dynamics in the Rehabilitation of Children with Autism
- Proceedings FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS, The Sixth International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2000), 11-15 September 2000, Paris, France, eds J-A Meyer, A Berthoz, D Floreano, H Roitblat, SW Wilson, MIT Press, pp 519-528
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- Kerstin Dautenhahn (2000)
- Design Issues on Interactive Environments for Children with Autism
- Proceedings ICDVRAT 2000, The 3rd International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, 23-25 September 2000, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, pp 153-161
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- Bernard Ogden & Kerstin Dautenhahn (2000)
- Robotic Etiquette: Structured Interaction in Humans and Robots
- Proceedings SIRS2000, 8th Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, The University of Reading, England, 18-20 July 2000, pp 353-361
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- Iain Werry, Kerstin Dautenhahn & William Harwin (2000)
- Challenges in Rehabilitation Robotics: A Mobile Robot as a Teaching Tool for Children with Autism
- Proceedings International Workshop Recent Advances in Mobile Robots, June 29th 2000, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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Pre-2000 Publications
- Kerstin Dautenhahn (1999)
- Robots as Social Actors: AURORA and the Case of Autism
- Proceedings CT99, The Third International Cognitive Technology Conference, August 1999, San Francisco, USA
- Iain Werry & Kerstin Dautenhahn (1999)
- Applying Mobile Robot Technology to the Rehabilitation of Autistic Children
- Proceedings SIRS99, 7th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Coimbra, Portugal, pp 265-272
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- Kerstin Dautenhahn (1997)
- I Could Be You: The Phenomenological Dimension of Social Understanding
- Cybernetics and Systems Journal, 28(5), 417-453, Special Issue on Epistemological Aspects of Embodied AI
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Notes On Reading These Documents
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Disclaimer: A number of the above papers refer to 'rehabilitation' or 'remedy' in the context of autism. The AuRoRA project is about therapy, not rehabilitation: we are not claiming to have a cure for autism!