A haptic empathetic robot animal for children with autism

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A haptic empathetic robot animal for children with autism. / Burns, Rachael Bevill; Seifi, Hasti; Lee, Hyosang; Kuchenbecker, Katherine J.

HRI 2021 - Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM, 2021. p. 583-585 3446352.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Burns, RB, Seifi, H, Lee, H & Kuchenbecker, KJ 2021, A haptic empathetic robot animal for children with autism. in HRI 2021 - Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction., 3446352, ACM, pp. 583-585, 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2021, Virtual, Online, United States, 08/03/2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3446352

APA

Burns, R. B., Seifi, H., Lee, H., & Kuchenbecker, K. J. (2021). A haptic empathetic robot animal for children with autism. In HRI 2021 - Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 583-585). [3446352] ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3446352

Vancouver

Burns RB, Seifi H, Lee H, Kuchenbecker KJ. A haptic empathetic robot animal for children with autism. In HRI 2021 - Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM. 2021. p. 583-585. 3446352 https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3446352

Author

Burns, Rachael Bevill ; Seifi, Hasti ; Lee, Hyosang ; Kuchenbecker, Katherine J. / A haptic empathetic robot animal for children with autism. HRI 2021 - Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM, 2021. pp. 583-585

Bibtex

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