3 papers
cs.HC2024
"That's our game!" : Reflections on co-designing a robotic game with neurodiverse children
Patricia Piedade, Isabel Neto, Ana Pires +2
Many neurodivergent (ND) children are integrated into mainstream schools alongside their neurotypical (NT) peers. However, they often face social exclusion, which may have lifelong…
cs.HC2024
PartiPlay: A Participatory Game Design Kit for Neurodiverse Classrooms
Patricia Piedade, Isabel Neto, Ana Pires +2
Play is a central aspect of childhood development, with games as a vital tool to promote it. However, neurodivergent children, especially those in neurodiverse environments, are un…
cs.HC2023
Building Persuasive Robots with Social Power Strategies
Mojgan Hashemian, Marta Couto, Samuel Mascarenhas +3
Can social power endow social robots with the capacity to persuade? This paper represents our recent endeavor to design persuasive social robots. We have designed and run three dif…