Robotic Research

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Are Social Robots Effective in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety?

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Are Social Robots Effective in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety?

Last month, the University of Waterloo (Samira Rasouli, Garima Gupta, Elizabeth Nilsen & Kerstin Dautenhahn) published a paper on the effectiveness of social robots for clinicians and patients in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety. They used MiRo and a range of social robots in their study.

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Can Robots Support Social Distancing within the Home?

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Can Robots Support Social Distancing within the Home?

Hear from Professor Lynne Baillie from the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, who, along with Computer Science graduate Neve Curnyn, investigated whether MiRo could assist with social distancing within the home.

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Meet Katie! CqR's Newest Lead Researcher

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Welcome Katie, we’re excited to have you on board! Katie joins us as the Lead Researcher who will be working on enhancing the MiRo-E robot user experience. Click through to read about Katie in her own words.

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MiRo for Research: Could Robots Replace Real Therapy Dogs?

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MiRo for Research: Could Robots Replace Real Therapy Dogs?

MiRo-E users and researchers in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth have found that robotic animals may be a better alternative to real-life therapy dogs.