Socially Assistive Robots for People with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Promises and Pitfalls

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Mills, C. J., Pirborj, L. M., Wong, B., & Gorkin III, R. (2026). Socially Assistive Robots for People with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Promises and Pitfalls. In Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation (pp. 111-125). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17804-6_6 · ISBN : 9783032178039 · Place of publication : Cham

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  1. Caroline J. Mills
  2. Leila Mouzehkesh Pirborj
  3. Bill Wong *
  4. Robert Gorkin III

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