5 accepted papers
Young children with motor disabilities face barriers and delays to learning motor skills such as walking. Pediatric body-weight support harness systems (BWSHes) are a newer technology for helping young children to practice supported motor skills. Incorporating an assistive robot to mediate BWSH inte…
Young children with motor disabilities face barriers and delays to learning motor skills such as walking. Pediatric body-weight support harness systems (BWSHes) are a newer technology for helping young children to practice supported motor skills. Incorporating an assistive robot to mediate BWSH inte
Children around the world are growing more sedentary over time, which leads to considerable accompanying wellness challenges. Pilot results from our research group have shown that robots may offer something different or better than other developmentally appropriate toys when it comes to motivating p…
Robot-mediated interventions are one promising and novel approach for encouraging motor exploration in young children, but knowledge about the effectiveness of toy-like features for child-robot interaction is limited. We were interested in understanding the characteristics of current toys to inform…
More than ever, people spend the workday seated in front of a computer, which contributes to health issues caused by excess sedentary behavior. While breaking up long periods of sitting can alleviate these issues, no scalable interventions have had long-term success in motivating activity breaks at…