Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
26 results found tagged human-robot interaction.
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Co-design of Robotic Technology with Care Home Residents and Care Workers
This paper documents a co-design workshop series conducted at two care homes in Austria, involving 25 participants: 13 care workers (mean age 43.5) and 12 care home residents (mean age 80.6). The research question was whether introducing technology c…
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CaBot: Designing and Evaluating an Autonomous Navigation Robot for Blind People
This paper presents CaBot (Carry-on roBot), an autonomous suitcase-shaped navigation robot designed to guide blind people to destinations in unfamiliar indoor environments while avoiding obstacles. Unlike smartphone navigation apps that provide turn-…
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Go That Way: Exploring Supplementary Physical Movements by a Stationary Robot When Providing Navigation Instructions
This paper explores how stationary kiosk-type robots might provide navigation instructions to blind people by supplementing verbal directions with physical movements. The work is inspired by a technique used by Orientation and Mobility (O&M) experts …
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AT@Work: Intelligent Assistive Technologies for Enabling Workplace Inclusion
This workshop paper examines the role of digital assistive technologies (ATs) in advancing vocational inclusion for people with disabilities. Despite increasing policy efforts such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabi…
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Co-designing Robot Dogs with and for Neurodivergent Individuals: Opportunities and Challenges
This paper explores how robot dogs might support the daily lives of neurodivergent individuals through a series of three co-design workshops conducted over five weeks. While social robots have been studied in clinical and educational settings for neu…
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Ethical Concerns when Working with Mixed-Ability Groups of Children
This paper critically examines the ethical challenges researchers face when conducting studies involving mixed-ability groups of children — groups that include both children with and without disabilities working together. The authors draw on two case…