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Therapeutic Robots

Therapeutic Robots is a class of social robots designed within the domain of affective human-robot interaction that distinguishes itself by being explicitly developed to support clinical and non-clinical therapeutic goals through affective engagement, emotional regulation, and guided interaction strategies in healthcare, education, or rehabilitation settings.

386

Publications

21.3K

Citations

1.2K

Authors

471

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

167

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Publications

386

Robotic assistants in therapy and education of children with autism: can a small humanoid robot help encourage social interaction skills?

Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, René te Boekhorst et al. · Universal Access in the Information Society · 2005 · 687 citations · Full text

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Living With Seal Robots—Its Sociopsychological and Physiological Influences on the Elderly at a Care House

K. Wada, Takanori Shibata · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 2007 · 575 citations

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Why Robots? A Survey on the Roles and Benefits of Social Robots in the Therapy of Children with Autism

International Journal of Social Robotics · 2013 · 550 citations · Full text

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Towards interactive robots in autism therapy

Kerstin Dautenhahn, Iain Werry · Pragmatics & Cognition · 2004 · 455 citations

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Social Robots as Embedded Reinforcers of Social Behavior in Children with Autism

Elizabeth S. Kim, Lauren Berkovits, Emily Bernier et al. · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2012 · 450 citations

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Authors

1.2K

  1. TS
    Takanori Shibata

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    27 publications · 2.5K citations

    21

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  2. BV
    Bram Vanderborght

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

    15

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  3. KW
    K. Wada

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

    13

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  4. KD
    Kerstin Dautenhahn

    University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 2K citations

    12

    h-index

  5. CB
    Cynthia Breazeal

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    11 publications · 797 citations

    11

    h-index

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Institutions

471

  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

    Tsukuba, Japan

    17 h-index

    39 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    14 h-index

    47 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. University of Hertfordshire

    Hatfield, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    4.7K citations

  4. Babeș-Bolyai University

    Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Universiti Teknologi MARA

    Shah Alam, Malaysia

    10 h-index

    50 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Social Robotics

    19 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Procedia Computer Science

    6 publications · 113 citations

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  3. Frontiers in Robotics and AI

    7 publications · 348 citations

    6

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  4. Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics

    6 publications · 441 citations

    6

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  5. Sensors

    5 publications · 129 citations

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