Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• MotionBuddy: Exploring Tactile-Based Motion Learning with a Tabletop Humanoid Robot for Blind People

  Kengo Tanaka, Xiyue Wang, Hironobu Takagi, Yoichi Ochiai, Chieko Asakawa (2026) — Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '26)

  This HRI 2026 study by the same team behind the earlier 3D tactile-pose work asks whether a tabletop humanoid robot can convey dynamic body movements to blind learners more effectively than audio instruction alone. The motivation is that physical 3D …

  • human-robot interaction
  • humanoid robot
  • assistive robotics
  • blindness and low vision
  • visual impairment
  • motion learning
  • tactile interaction
  • physical activity
  • accessible education
  • multimodal interaction