Robotic and Virtual Reality Technologies for Children with Disabilities and Older Adults
Samaddar, S., Desideri, L., Encarnação, P., Gollasch, D., Petrie, H., Weber, G. (2022). Robotic and Virtual Reality Technologies for Children with Disabilities and Older Adults. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G., Mavrou, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Penáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP-AAATE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13342. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_24
Authors
Sanjit Samaddar
Department of Computer Science, University of York, York YO10 5GH, UK
Lorenzo Desideri
AIAS Bologna Onlus, Piazza della Pace 4/a, 40134 Bologna, Italy
Pedro Encarnação
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Palma de Cima, 1649-023 Lisbon, Portugal
David Gollasch
Technische Universität Dresden, Nöthnitzer Straße 46, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Helen Petrie
Department of Computer Science, University of York, York YO10 5GH, UK
Gerhard Weber
Technische Universität Dresden, Nöthnitzer Straße 46, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Summary
Abstract. Robotic and virtual reality technologies have been used with children with disabilities and older adults for different purposes. In this article, after summarising the characteristics of these technologies and listing various applications, we discuss the different challenges of developing them for children with disabilities and older adults, even if the intervention goals are similar. This sets the context for the articles addressing some of the identifed challenges that were submitted to a special thematic session on robotic and virtual reality technologies for children with disabilities and older adults held at the ICCHP-AAATE 2022 conference.
Keywords. Human-robot interaction · Assistive robots · Virtual reality · Children with disabilities · Inclusive education · Older adults
