@misc{Burns18-RSSWS-Designing,
  title = {Designing a Haptic Empathetic Robot Animal for Children with Autism},
  abstract = {Children with autism often endure sensory overload, may be nonverbal, and have difficulty understanding and relaying emotions. These experiences result in heightened stress during social interaction. Animal-assisted intervention has been found to improve the behavior of children with autism during social interaction, but live animal companions are not always feasible. We are thus in the process of designing a robotic animal to mimic some successful characteristics of animal-assisted intervention while trying to improve on others. The over-arching hypothesis of this research is that an appropriately designed robot animal can reduce stress in children with autism and empower them to engage in social interaction.},
  howpublished = {Workshop paper (4 pages) presented at the Robotics: Science and Systems Workshop on Robot-Mediated Autism Intervention: Hardware, Software and Curriculum},
  address = {Pittsburgh, USA},
  month = jun,
  year = {2018},
  slug = {burns18-rssws-designing},
  author = {Burns, Rachael and Kuchenbecker, Katherine J.},
  url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327843951_Designing_a_Haptic_Empathetic_Robot_Animal_for_Children_with_Autism},
  month_numeric = {6}
}