5 papers
Synthetic Emotions vs. Gamification: Exploring Engagement Strategies for Small Social Robots in Different Age Groups
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy
Many children experience challenges in emotional regulation and social interaction, which can limit their participation in everyday activities and therapeutic programs. For sociall…
Inducing Calmness With Pocket-Sized Robotics: Reducing Movement and Heart Rate in Children through Hand-Held Tactile Interactions
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy, Maja MatariÄ
Periods of heightened arousal or restlessness can interfere with children's ability to focus, self-regulation, and physically calm. Technologies that encourage embodied self-regula…
Affecta-Context: The Context-Guided Behavior Adaptation Framework
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy
This paper presents Affecta-context, a general framework to facilitate behavior adaptation for social robots. The framework uses information about the physical context to guide its…
Tactile Comfort: Lowering Heart Rate Through Interactions
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy, Maja MatariÄ
Children diagnosed with anxiety disorders are taught a range of strategies to navigate situations of heightened anxiety. Techniques such as deep breathing and repetition of mantras…
Toward Anxiety-Reducing Pocket Robots for Children
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy, Maja MatariÄ
A common denominator for most therapy treatments for children who suffer from an anxiety disorder is daily practice routines to learn techniques needed to overcome anxiety. However…