Literature Reviews

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

• Robots for Older Adults: A Scoping Review

  Samuel A. Olatunji, Yao-Lin Tsai, Saathveek A. Gowrishankar, Megan A. Bayles, Wendy A. Rogers (2026) — ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction

  This mixed-method scoping review in the ACM Journal of Human-Robot Interaction establishes the state of the science for robots supporting older adults, covering 205 empirical studies published from 2010 through 2022. The review follows PRISMA reporti…

  • human-robot interaction
  • robots
  • older adults
  • aging
  • assistive technology
  • scoping review
  • ADL
  • IADL
  • EADL
  • social robots
  • telepresence
  • user-centered design

• "If you've gone straight, now, you must turn left" - Exploring the use of a tangible interface in a collaborative treasure hunt for people with visual impairments

  Quentin Chibaudel, Wafa Johal, Bernard Oriola, Marc J-M Macé, Pierre Dillenbourg, Valérie Tartas, Christophe Jouffrais (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This paper from a collaboration between IRIT (Toulouse), UNSW Sydney, EPFL, and Université Toulouse investigates how tangible user interfaces — specifically a small graspable robot called the Cellulo — can mediate collaboration between two people wit…

  • visual impairments
  • tangible user interface
  • collaborative learning
  • spatial cognition
  • wayfinding
  • haptic feedback
  • robots
  • serious games
  • 3D models
  • non-visual interaction