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Published on in Vol 21, No 7 (2019): July

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Use of Social Robots in Mental Health and Well-Being Research: Systematic Review

Use of Social Robots in Mental Health and Well-Being Research: Systematic Review

Use of Social Robots in Mental Health and Well-Being Research: Systematic Review

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  125. Steins M, Huijnen C, Odekerken-Schröder G, Mahr D, Mennens K, Daniels R, Mathmann F. Health Care Professionals’ Experiences Regarding Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustained Use of Social Robot Ivy for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Qualitative Interview Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2025;27:e74168 View
  126. Kropf M. Mental Health, AI-based Care Robots and Fair Access to Healthcare. Canadian Journal of Bioethics 2025;8(3):55 View
  127. Nozawa H, Kato M. Effects of sensory reactivity and haptic interaction on children's anthropomorphism of a haptic robot. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans 2025;5:100186 View
  128. Muscar L, Grama L, Rusu C. Enhancing the Audio Achievement of the TIAGo Robot for Assistance in Medical Monitoring. International Journal of Social Robotics 2025;17(8):1579 View
  129. Klier C, Lugrin B. Designing for flourishing: a conceptual model for enhancing older adults’ well-being with social robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 2025;12 View
  130. Villa L, Hervás R, Cabañero L, Fontecha J, López G, Favela J. Evaluating proactivity levels in socially assistive robots for elderly care: a user adoption assessment. Behaviour & Information Technology 2025:1 View
  131. Jin X, Feng Y, Zhou Z. Exploring the motivation-usage nexus: a configurational analysis of users'behavior patterns in mobile health. Information Technology and Management 2025 View
  132. Humayun A, Madawana A, Hassan A, Mahmud A, Kamaruddin N, Noor S, Noor S, Awang Nawi M, Mathew M. Artificial intelligence as a predictive tool for mental health status: Insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS One 2025;20(9):e0332207 View
  133. Yeasmin S, Saha S, Khan Rony M, Akter Semi M, Das S, Rahman R, Khan R, Tasnim A, Hosen A. The role of AI-driven art therapy in supporting autism, mental health, and emotional well-being: An umbrella review. DIGITAL HEALTH 2025;11 View
  134. Barry R, Neumann M, Clough B, Waters A. The Use of Social Robots in Primary School to Support Children’s Academic and Social Emotional Learning: A Scoping Review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 2025 View
  135. Mlakar I, Smrke U, Šafran V, Roj I, Ilijevec B, Horvat S, Flis V, Plohl N. A randomized pilot study evaluating socially assistive robot effects on patient engagement and care quality. npj Digital Medicine 2025;8(1) View
  136. Hsu L, Joshi S, Seliger E, Amon K, Kamino W, Randall N, Khoo W, Crandall D, Agnihotri A, Tsui K, Šabanović S. Let's make up a story: design and evaluation of an improvisational storytelling robot to foster older adults' meaning and purpose in life. Frontiers in Dementia 2025;4 View

Books/Policy Documents

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Conference Proceedings

  1. Yoon S, Alimardani M, Hiraki K. Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. The Effect of Robot-Guided Meditation on Intra-Brain EEG Phase Synchronization View
  2. Axelsson M, Bodala I, Gunes H. 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). Participatory Design of a Robotic Mental Well-being Coach View
  3. Sorrentino A, Fiorini L, Viola C, Cavallo F. 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). Design and development of a social assistive robot for music and game activities: a case study in a residential facility for disabled people View
  4. Harbord C, Hung P, Falconer R. Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. “Nothing about us, without us” View
  5. Alves-Oliveira P, Bavier M, Malandkar S, Eldridge R, Sayigh J, Björling E, Cakmak M. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. FLEXI: A Robust and Flexible Social Robot Embodiment Kit View
  6. C. Bennett C, Stanojević Č, Šabanović S, A. Piatt J, Kim S. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. When No One is Watching: Ecological Momentary Assessment to Understand Situated Social Robot Use in Healthcare View
  7. Oleson K, Bjorling E, Zhang L, Dwikat H. 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Public Versus Private: How Teens Perceived Teen-Robot Interactions in a School Setting View
  8. Stommel W, de Rijk L, Boumans R. 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). “Pepper, what do you mean?” Miscommunication and repair in robot-led survey interaction View
  9. Laban G, Morrison V, Kappas A, Cross E. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. Informal Caregivers Disclose Increasingly More to a Social Robot Over Time View
  10. Rasouli S, Ghafurian M, Dautenhahn K. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. Students’ Views on Intelligent Agents as Assistive Tools for Dealing with Stress and Anxiety in Social Situations View
  11. Matheus K. Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Socially Assistive Robotics for Anxiety Reduction View
  12. Berque D, Chiba H. 2022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW). A Proposal for Using Kawaii Companion Robots to Support Student Mental Health View
  13. Laban G. 2022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW). Social Robots as Communication Partners to Support Emotional Health and Well-Being View
  14. Chame H, Clodic A, Alami R. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). TOP-JAM: A bio-inspired topology-based model of joint attention for human-robot interaction View
  15. Ghiotti N, Clulow D, Cheon S, Cui K, Kang H. Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Prototyping Kodi: Defining Design Requirements to Develop a Virtual Chat-bot for Autistic Children and Their Caregivers View
  16. Inoue K, Lala D, Ochi K, Kawahara T, Skantze G. International Cconference on Multimodal Interaction. Towards Objective Evaluation of Socially-Situated Conversational Robots: Assessing Human-Likeness through Multimodal User Behaviors View
  17. Laban G, Kappas A, Morrison V, Cross E. 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). Opening Up to Social Robots: How Emotions Drive Self-Disclosure Behavior View
  18. Woge P, Etania Saputra K, Gunawan A, Agung Santoso Gunawan A. 2023 International Conference on Networking, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology (IConNECT). Exploring the Potential of Emotional Intelligence Robots in Mitigating Depression in Indonesian Youth: A Systematic Literature Review View
  19. Haring K. 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). Tactical Empathy for Long-Term HRI in Commercial In-Home Robots: An Academic Approach to Building a Bridge to the HRI Industry View
  20. Tozadore D, Cezayirlioglu M, Wang C, Bruno B, Dillenbourg P. 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). Immediate effects of short-duration wellbeing practices on children’s handwriting and posture guided by a social robot View
  21. Randall N, Saga T, Kamino W, Tsui K, Šabanović S, Nagata S. 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). Realizing a Life Well Lived: The Design of a Home Robot to Assist Older Adults with Self-Reflection and Intentional Living View
  22. Bethel C, Henkel Z, Henkel K, Thompson J, Smith K. 2023 World Symposium on Digital Intelligence for Systems and Machines (DISA). From Components to Caring: The Development Trajectory of a Socially Therapeutic Assistive Robot (STAR) Named Therabot™ View
  23. Tozadore D, Lewko T, Wang C. International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. Productive breaks in Mentally Challenging Tasks: Comparing Free-time Pauses to Stretching Sessions Guided by a Social Robot View
  24. Rasouli S, Johnston L, Yuen J, Ghafurian M, Foster L, Dautenhahn K. International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. Co-Design of a Robotic Mental Well-Being Coach to Help University Students Manage Public Speaking Anxiety View
  25. Hsu L, Khoo W, Goshomi P, Stafford P, Swaminathan M, Tsui K, Crandall D, Sabanović S. Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Is Now a Good Time? Opportune Moments for Interacting with an Ikigai Support Robot View
  26. Stower R, Ligthart M, Spitale M, Calvo-Barajas N, de Droog S. Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. CRITTER View
  27. Plohl N, Mlakar I, Musil B, Smrke U. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ICCMSE 2022. A short review of factors associated with acceptance of social robots in healthcare and lessons for their implementation in oncological settings View
  28. Lovrečič M. Green and Digital Transition – Challenge or Opportunity. Demenca in umetna inteligenca: uporaba asistenčnih socialnih robotov View
  29. Aksoy J, Gonzalez J, Ala S, Tabertus F, Chagoya J, Koduru C, Tanveer M, Marshall M, Chang Y. SoutheastCon 2024. Gesture-Guided Exosuit Interface: Advancing Motion Tracking and Automation for Robotic Control View
  30. Ashwini B, Ghoshal A, Suri V, Achary K, Shukla J. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. “It looks useful, works just fine, but will it replace me ?" Understanding Special Educators’ Perception of Social Robots for Autism Care in India View
  31. Yim Y, Tanaka F. Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Integration of a Shape Memory Alloy with a Soft Pneumatic Actuator to Improve the Haptic Interaction Performance of a Soft Social Robot View
  32. van de Hoef A, Leewis S, Smit K, Slingerland M, Kaiser L, Saukko K, van Gend R, de Haas M. Resilience Through Digital Innovation: Enabling the Twin Transition. Repeat After Me: Dynamic Workouts for The Wellbeing of Elderly Individuals with Dementia View
  33. Mayurawasala N, Manawadu U, Kulugammana D, De Silva P. 2024 International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics (ICIPRoB). A Companion Robot for Reducing Stress and Increasing Workability View
  34. Collyer-Hoar G, Rubegni E, Malinverni L, Yip J. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. "It's kind of weird talking to a sphere": Exploring Children's Hopes and Fears on Social Robot Morphology Using Speculative Research Methods View
  35. Zhou N, Devleminck S, Geurts L. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Tangible Affect: A Literature Review of Tangible Interactive Systems Addressing Human Core Affect, Emotions and Moods View
  36. Syriopoulou-Delli C, Gkiolnta E, Sarri K, Filiou A, Papaefstathiou E. ETLTC2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SERIES ON ICT, ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY. Artificial intelligence for children with autism and other developmental disorders View
  37. Xie B, Park C. 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN). An Empathetic Social Robot with Modular Anxiety Interventions for Autistic Adolescents View
  38. Borgstedt J, Macdonald S, Marky K, Pollick F, Brewster S. 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN). Soothing Sensations: Enhancing Interactions with a Socially Assistive Robot through Vibrotactile Heartbeats View
  39. Romero S, Elbeleidy S, Williams T. 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN). Understanding Barriers to Entry and Invisible Labor for Educational Care Wizards View
  40. Yao S, Wei J, Zhou M, Wang Y. 2024 6th International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence (RICAI). Human-Computer Interactive Elderly Care System: Enhancing Emotional and Physical Well-being through the Pepper robot View
  41. Xu J, Zhang C, Cuijpers R, IJsselsteijn W. Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Does Care Lead to Bonds? Exploring the Relationship Between Human Caregiving for Robots and Human-Robot Bonding View
  42. Li Y, Ding X, Chen Y, Li Y, Ma N. Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Customizable AI for Depression Care: Improving the User Experience of Large Language Model-Driven Chatbots View
  43. Paradeda R, Torres D, Sousa C. 2025 Brazilian Conference on Robotics (CROS). Validating Emotion Simulation in Roboldo: A Study on Human-Robot Interaction View
  44. Barsuhn E, Voigt B. Proceedings of the Mensch und Computer 2025. Social Robots as Providers of Social Support? View
  45. Katari P, Reddy S, Pogula S, Mahammad F, Moorasani M, Sri S. 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIONS AND FUTURE SCOPE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN THE DIGITAL ERA: ICIFMEDE2025. Design and implementation of a socially assistive robot for enhancing health and well-being: A multi-domain approach to cognitive support and behavior change View
  46. Klimecka J, Wróbel A, Zguda P, Kukier T, Indurkhya B. 2025 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). Gestures vs. Faces: Exploring Emotion Recognition in Child-Robot Interaction View