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Using Socially Assistive Robots in Speech-Language Therapy for Children with Language Impairments by Spitale, Micol, Silleresi, Silvia, Garzotto, Franca, Matarić, Maja J.

“…Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been shown to be promising therapy tools for children with primary or co-occurring language impairments (e.g.,…”
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Robot life-long task learning from human demonstrations: a Bayesian approach by Koenig, Nathan, Matarić, Maja J.

“…Programming a robot to act intelligently is a challenging endeavor beyond the skill level of most people. Trained roboticists generally program robots for a…”
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Socially assistive robotics for post-stroke rehabilitation by Matarić, Maja J, Eriksson, Jon, Feil-Seifer, David J, Winstein, Carolee J

“…Although there is a great deal of success in rehabilitative robotics applied to patient recovery post stroke, most of the research to date has dealt with…”
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Correlation between performance and quantity/variability of leg exploration in a contingency learning task during infancy by Deng, Weiyang, Sargent, Barbara, Havens, Kathryn, Vanderbilt, Douglas, Rosales, Marcelo, Pulido, Jose Carlo, Matarić, Maja J., Smith, Beth A.

“…Quantity and quality of motor exploration are proposed to be fundamental for infant motor development. However, it is still not clear what types of motor…”
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User—robot personality matching and assistive robot behavior adaptation for post-stroke rehabilitation therapy by Tapus, Adriana, Ţăpuş, Cristian, Matarić, Maja J.

“…This paper describes a hands-off socially assistive therapist robot designed to monitor, assist, encourage, and socially interact with post-stroke users…”
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Automated Proxemic Feature Extraction and Behavior Recognition: Applications in Human-Robot Interaction by Mead, Ross, Atrash, Amin, Matarić, Maja J.

“…In this work, we discuss a set of feature representations for analyzing human spatial behavior (proxemics) motivated by metrics used in the social sciences…”
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A metric for characterizing the arm nonuse workspace in poststroke individuals using a robot arm by Dennler, Nathaniel, Cain, Amelia, De Guzman, Erica, Chiu, Claudia, Winstein, Carolee J, Nikolaidis, Stefanos, Matarić, Maja J

“…An overreliance on the less-affected limb for functional tasks at the expense of the paretic limb and in spite of recovered capacity is an often-observed…”
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The Opportunities and Risks of Large Language Models in Mental Health by Lawrence, Hannah R, Schneider, Renee A, Rubin, Susan B, Matarić, Maja J, McDuff, Daniel J, Jones Bell, Megan

“…Global rates of mental health concerns are rising, and there is increasing realization that existing models of mental health care will not adequately expand to…”
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Automated Derivation of Primitives for Movement Classification by Fod, Ajo, Mataric, Maja J, Jenkins, Odest Chadwicke

“…We describe a new method for representing human movement compactly, in terms of a linear super-imposition of simpler movements termed primitives. This method…”
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Reinforcement Learning in the Multi-Robot Domain by Mataric, Maja J

“…This paper describes a formulation of reinforcement learning that enables learning in noisy, dynamic environments such as in the complex concurrent multi-robot…”
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Multi-Robot Task Allocation in Uncertain Environments by Matarić, Maja J, Sukhatme, Gaurav S, Østergaard, Esben H

“…Multiple cooperating robots hold the promise of improved performance and increased fault tolerance for large-scale problems such as planetary survey and…”
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A Framework for Automatic Human Emotion Classification Using Emotion Profiles by Mower, E, Matarić, Maja J, Narayanan, S

“…Automatic recognition of emotion is becoming an increasingly important component in the design process for affect-sensitive human-machine interaction (HMI)…”
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Autonomous human–robot proxemics: socially aware navigation based on interaction potential by Mead, Ross, Matarić, Maja J

“…To enable situated human–robot interaction (HRI), an autonomous robot must both understand and control proxemics —the social use of space—to employ natural…”
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Using Socially Assistive Human-Robot Interaction to Motivate Physical Exercise for Older Adults by Fasola, Juan, Mataric, Maja J

“…In this paper, we present the design, implementation, and user study evaluation of a socially assistive robot (SAR) system designed to engage elderly users in…”
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A Formal Analysis and Taxonomy of Task Allocation in Multi-Robot Systems by Gerkey, Brian P., Matarić, Maja J.

“…Despite more than a decade of experimental work in multi-robot systems, important theoretical aspects of multi-robot coordination mechanisms have, to date,…”
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Modeling engagement in long-term, in-home socially assistive robot interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders by Jain, Shomik, Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian, Shi, Zhonghao, Clabaugh, Caitlyn, Matarić, Maja J

“…Socially assistive robotics (SAR) has great potential to provide accessible, affordable, and personalized therapeutic interventions for children with autism…”
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Guest editorial: special issue on socially assistive robotics by Tapus, Adriana, Matarić, Maja J.

“…Issue Title: Special Issue on Socially Assistive Robotics…”
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Composing HARMONI: An Open-source Tool for Human and Robot Modular OpeN Interaction by Spitale, Micol, Birmingham, Chris, Swan, R. Michael, Mataric, Maja J

“…The research and development of socially interactive robots is a complex challenge because of the wide variety of capabilities needed for effective social…”
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Effects of Robot Sound on Auditory Localization in Human-Robot Collaboration by Cha, Elizabeth, Fitter, Naomi T., Kim, Yunkyung, Fong, Terrence, Matarić, Maja J.

“…Auditory cues facilitate situational awareness by enabling humans to infer what is happening in the nearby environment. Unlike humans, many robots do not…”
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Medical and Health-Care Robotics by Okamura, A M, Matarić, M J, Christensen, H I

“…The aim of this article is to propose some of the most important capabilities and technical achievements of medical and health-care robotics needed to improve…”
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