AIMC Topic: Social Interaction

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Conceptual alignment in a joint picture-naming task performed with a social robot.

Cognition
In this study we investigated whether people conceptually align when performing a language task together with a robot. In a joint picture-naming task, 24 French native speakers took turns with a robot in naming images of objects belonging to fifteen ...

Social robots in the instruction of social skills in autism: a comprehensive descriptive analysis of single-case experimental designs.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
PURPOSE: The rapid technological advances, the traits of individuals with ASD and their interest in technology are promising for the instruction of social skills to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using various technological intervent...

The use of social robots with children and young people on the autism spectrum: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: Robot-mediated interventions show promise in supporting the development of children on the autism spectrum.

A New Approach for Including Social Conventions into Social Robots Navigation by Using Polygonal Triangulation and Group Asymmetric Gaussian Functions.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Many authors have been working on approaches that can be applied to social robots to allow a more realistic/comfortable relationship between humans and robots in the same space. This paper proposes a new navigation strategy for social environments by...

The adoption of socially assistive robots for long-term care: During COVID-19 and in a post-pandemic society.

Healthcare management forum
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has prompted a surge in the adoption of technology, highlighting a number of potential applications for Socially Assistive Robots (SARs). Our entire healthcare system has been under unprecedented strain, and going forward...

Promoting activity in long-term care facilities with the social robot Pepper: a pilot study.

Informatics for health & social care
About 40 000 individuals depend on assisted living in long-term care facilities in Norway. Around 80% of these have a cognitive impairment or suffer from dementia. This actualizes the need for activities that are tailored to individual needs. For som...

Group Emotion Detection Based on Social Robot Perception.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Social robotics is an emerging area that is becoming present in social spaces, by introducing autonomous social robots. Social robots offer services, perform tasks, and interact with people in such social environments, demanding more efficient and co...

Effectiveness and safety of blonanserin for improving social and cognitive functions in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a study protocol for a prospective, multicentre, single-arm clinical trial.

BMJ open
INTRODUCTION: Both the pharmacological characteristics of blonanserin and its related small sample size studies suggest that blonanserin could alleviate social and cognitive dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia. However, no large sample size s...

Social robots as depictions of social agents.

The Behavioral and brain sciences
Social robots serve people as tutors, caretakers, receptionists, companions, and other social agents. People know that the robots are mechanical artifacts, yet they interact with them as if they were actual agents. How is this possible? The proposal ...