Ben Robin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5120871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Robin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Robin |
| SIGNATURE | BEN ROBIN |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hertfordshire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1646-901X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Guidelines for Emotion Recognition in Robot-Supported Interventions in Autism
Therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder benefits from the use of diverse technologies, as most children with the condition are eager to interact with them. The integration of emotion recognition technologies with social robots offers promising opportunities to make therapeutic interactions more adaptive, personalized, and responsive to a child’s emotional state, potentially improving engagement and learning outcomes. The purpose of thi…
Kaspar Explains: An Educational Platform using Causal Explanations to Support Children with Autism with Visual Perspective Taking
Challenges in Observing the Emotions of Children with Autism Interacting with a Social Robot
This paper concerns the methodology of multi-modal data acquisition in observing emotions experienced by children with autism while they interact with a social robot. As robot-enhanced therapy gains more and more attention and proved to be effective in autism, such observations might influence the future development and use of such technologies. The paper is based on an observational study of child-robot interaction, during which multiple modalit…
Developing Kaspar: A Humanoid Robot for Children with Autism
In the late 1990s using robotic technology to assist children with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASD) emerged as a potentially useful area of research. Since then the field of assistive robotics for children with ASD has grown considerably with many academics trialling different robots and approaches. One such robot is the humanoid robot Kaspar that was originally developed in 2005 and has continually been built upon since, taking advantage of tec…
A Novel Reinforcement-Based Paradigm for Children to Teach the Humanoid Kaspar Robot
This paper presents a contribution aiming at testing novel child–robot teaching schemes that could be used in future studies to support the development of social and collaborative skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We present a novel experiment where the classical roles are reversed: in this scenario the children are the teachers providing positive or negative reinforcement to the Kaspar robot in order for it to learn arbitr…
Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism
A Pilot Study with a Novel Setup for Collaborative Play of the Humanoid Robot Kaspar with Children with Autism
This article describes a pilot study in which a novel experimental setup, involving an autonomous humanoid robot, KASPAR, participating in a collaborative, dyadic video game, was implemented and tested with children with autism, all of whom had impairments in playing socially and communicating with others. The children alternated between playing the collaborative video game with a neurotypical adult and playing the same game with the humanoid rob…
Tactile Interactions with a Humanoid Robot: Novel Play Scenario Implementations with Children with Autism
The work presented in this paper was part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The project has developed new robot capabilities based on the tactile feedback provided by novel robotic skin, with the aim to provide cognitive mechanisms to improve human–robot interaction capabilities. This article presents two novel tactile play scenarios developed for robot-assisted play for children with autism. The play scenarios were developed against …
Human-centred design methods: Developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials
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Human-centred design methods: Developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials
A Pilot Study with a Novel Setup for Collaborative Play of the Humanoid Robot Kaspar with Children with Autism
This article describes a pilot study in which a novel experimental setup, involving an autonomous humanoid robot, KASPAR, participating in a collaborative, dyadic video game, was implemented and tested with children with autism, all of whom had impairments in playing socially and communicating with others. The children alternated between playing the collaborative video game with a neurotypical adult and playing the same game with the humanoid rob…
Tactile Interactions with a Humanoid Robot: Novel Play Scenario Implementations with Children with Autism
The work presented in this paper was part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The project has developed new robot capabilities based on the tactile feedback provided by novel robotic skin, with the aim to provide cognitive mechanisms to improve human–robot interaction capabilities. This article presents two novel tactile play scenarios developed for robot-assisted play for children with autism. The play scenarios were developed against …
Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism
A Novel Reinforcement-Based Paradigm for Children to Teach the Humanoid Kaspar Robot
This paper presents a contribution aiming at testing novel child–robot teaching schemes that could be used in future studies to support the development of social and collaborative skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We present a novel experiment where the classical roles are reversed: in this scenario the children are the teachers providing positive or negative reinforcement to the Kaspar robot in order for it to learn arbitr…
Developing Kaspar: A Humanoid Robot for Children with Autism
In the late 1990s using robotic technology to assist children with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASD) emerged as a potentially useful area of research. Since then the field of assistive robotics for children with ASD has grown considerably with many academics trialling different robots and approaches. One such robot is the humanoid robot Kaspar that was originally developed in 2005 and has continually been built upon since, taking advantage of tec…
Challenges in Observing the Emotions of Children with Autism Interacting with a Social Robot
This paper concerns the methodology of multi-modal data acquisition in observing emotions experienced by children with autism while they interact with a social robot. As robot-enhanced therapy gains more and more attention and proved to be effective in autism, such observations might influence the future development and use of such technologies. The paper is based on an observational study of child-robot interaction, during which multiple modalit…
Guidelines for Emotion Recognition in Robot-Supported Interventions in Autism
Therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder benefits from the use of diverse technologies, as most children with the condition are eager to interact with them. The integration of emotion recognition technologies with social robots offers promising opportunities to make therapeutic interactions more adaptive, personalized, and responsive to a child’s emotional state, potentially improving engagement and learning outcomes. The purpose of thi…
Kaspar Explains: An Educational Platform using Causal Explanations to Support Children with Autism with Visual Perspective Taking
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (9 works) · Autism (8 works) · Artificial Intelligence (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Human–computer interaction (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Robot (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Robotics (6 works) · Social Robot Interaction and HRI (6 works)