Ben Robins

Wood, Luke Jai, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Austen Rainer, Ben Robins, Hagen Lehmann and Dag Sverre Syrdal. 2020. Robot-Mediated Interviews: A field trial with a potential real-world user. Interaction Studies 21:2, pp. 243–267

In recent years the possibility of using humanoid robots to perform interviews with children has been explored in a number of studies. This paper details a study in which a potential real-world user trialled a Robot-Mediated Interviewing system with children to establish if this approach could… read more | Article

Wood, Luke Jai, Hagen Lehmann, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Ben Robins, Austen Rainer and Dag Sverre Syrdal. 2016. Robot-Mediated interviews with Children: What do potential users think?. Interaction Studies 17:3, pp. 438–460

To date research investigating the potential of Robot-Mediated Interviews (RMI) has focused on establishing how children respond to robots in an interview scenario. In order to test if an RMI approach would work in a real world setting, it is important to establish what the experts (e.g. specialist… read more | Article

Lehmann, Hagen, Iolanda Iacono, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Patrizia Marti and Ben Robins. 2014. Robot companions for children with down syndrome: A case study. Interaction Studies 15:1, pp. 99–112

We describe an exploratory case study about the applicability of different robotic platforms in an educational context with a child with Down syndrome. The robotic platforms tested are the humanoid robot KASPAR and the mobile robotic platform IROMEC. During the study we observed the effects KASPAR… read more | Article

Dickerson, Paul, Ben Robins and Kerstin Dautenhahn. 2013. Where the action is: A conversation analytic perspective on interaction between a humanoid robot, a co-present adult and a child with an ASD. Asymmetry and adaptation in social interaction: A micro-analytic perspective, Nomikou, Iris, Karola Pitsch and Katharina Rohlfing (eds.), pp. 297–316

This paper examines interaction involving a child with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder, a humanoid robot and a co-present adult. In this paper data from one child (collected as part of the ROBOSKIN project) is analysed in order to evaluate the potential contributions of a conversation analytic… read more | Article

Robins, Ben, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Ester Ferrari, Gernot Kronreif, Barbara Prazak-Aram, Patrizia Marti, Iolanda Iacono, Gert Jan Gelderblom, Tanja Bernd, Francesca Caprino and Elena Laudanna. 2012. Scenarios of robot-assisted play for children with cognitive and physical disabilities. Interaction Studies 13:2, pp. 189–234

This article presents a novel set of ten play scenarios for robot-assisted play for children with special needs. This set of scenarios is one of the key outcomes of the IROMEC project that investigated how robotic toys can become social mediators, encouraging children with special needs to discover… read more | Article

Robins, Ben, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Janek Dubowski. 2006. Does appearance matter in the interaction of children with autism with a humanoid robot?. Interaction Studies 7:3, pp. 479–512

This article studies the impact of a robot’s appearance on interactions involving four children with autism. This work is part of the Aurora project with the overall aim to support interaction skills in children with autism, using robots as ‘interactive toys’ that can encourage and mediate… read more | Article

Robins, Ben, Paul Dickerson, Penny Stribling and Kerstin Dautenhahn. 2004. Robot-mediated joint attention in children with autism: A case study in robot-human interaction. Interaction Studies 5:2, pp. 161–198

Interactive robots are used increasingly not only in entertainment and service robotics, but also in rehabilitation, therapy and education. The work presented in this paper is part of the Aurora project, rooted in assistive technology and robot-human interaction research. Our primary aim is to… read more | Article

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