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A Systematic Review of Research on Robot-Assisted Therapy for Children with Autism.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social robots in adult psychiatry: a summary of utilisation and impact.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Parental involvement in robot-mediated intervention: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Enhancing theory of mind in autism through humanoid robot interaction in a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of a Robot-Assisted Psychological Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Trial
- A mechatronic shirt kit to enhance psychomotor and life skills in autistic children: a pilot study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Integrating AI and Assistive Technologies in Healthcare: Insights from a Narrative Review of Reviews.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Exploring companion robots for children with autism spectrum disorder: a reflexive thematic analysis in specialist dental care.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Improving Imitation Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the NAO Robot and a Human Action Recognition.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Could Interact More Easily with a Robot than with a Human: Reasons and Limits.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Social robots in research on social and cognitive development in infants and toddlers: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- A pipeline for estimating human attention toward objects with on-board cameras on the iCub humanoid robot.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
- Assistive technology for adults on the autism spectrum: A systematic survey.International journal of human-computer interaction · 2024Article
- Breaking Barriers-The Intersection of AI and Assistive Technology in Autism Care: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- An Umbrella Review of the Fusion of fMRI and AI in Autism.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Measuring Engagement in Robot-Assisted Therapy for Autistic Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assessing the Potential of Robotics Technology for Enhancing Educational for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Assistive Robots for Healthcare and Human-Robot Interaction.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Systematic bibliometric and visualized analysis of research hotspots and trends in artificial intelligence in autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in neuroinformatics · 2023Article
- Fully robotic social environment for teaching and practicing affective interaction: Case of teaching emotion recognition skills to children with autism spectrum disorder, a pilot study.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- Understanding Emotions in Children with Developmental Disabilities during Robot Therapy Using EDA.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Recent studies have shown that children with autism may be interested in playing with an interactive robot. Moreover, the robot can engage these children in ways that demonstrate essential aspects of human interaction, guiding them in therapeutic sessions to practice more complex forms of interaction found in social human-to-human interactions. We review published articles on robot-assisted autism therapy (RAAT) to understand the trends in research on this type of therapy for children with autism and to provide practitioners and researchers with insights and possible future directions in the field. Specifically, we analyze 38 articles, all of which are refereed journal articles, that were indexed on Web of Science from 2009 onward, and discuss the distribution of the articles by publication year, article type, database and journal, research field, robot type, participant age range, and target behaviors. Overall, the results show considerable growth in the number of journal publications on RAAT, reflecting increased interest in the use of robot technology in autism therapy as a salient and legitimate research area. Factors, such as new advances in artificial intelligence techniques and machine learning, have spurred this growth.
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