Clinical trials: Social Robots
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Social Robotics for Autism
Socio-pragmatics focuses on the study of language in the context of social interactions. It explores how individuals use language to communicate effectively in specific social situations, taking into consideration the social…
- Trial name
- SRI (NCT06974240)
- Testing
- Experimental Group, control group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Emotional Skills Training with Social Robot
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that involves difficulties especially in the sphere of social interaction, social communication, and restricted and stereotyped behavior patterns.
- Trial name
- NCT06179953
- Testing
- NAO intervention, Traditional intervention
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Rare Diseases
Using Social Robots in Children With Rare Diseases and Their Parents: A Feasibility Study
The goals of this clinical trial are to (a) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a social robot intervention for providing family-based care for rare diseases families and (b) explore the effectiveness of the social…
- Trial name
- NCT06466109
- Testing
- social robot intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Social Robots for Procedural Distress
Canada-UK AI Study
Children experience pain and distress in clinical settings every day. The negative consequences of unaddressed pain can be both short-term (e.g. fear, distress, inability to perform procedures) and long-term (e.g.
- Trial name
- Canada-UK AI (NCT06556329)
- Testing
- Robot (Intervention)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Pediatric Patients, Pediatric Patients in Hospital Settings
Impact of Conversational Approaches in Pediatric Social Robot-Mediated Interventions
This study examines how different robot dialogue systems (rule-based vs. large language model-based) and content types (emotional support vs.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Patients, Pediatric Patients in Hospital Settings, Hospitalized Children
- Trial name
- PRIA (NCT07389902)
- Testing
- Robot-Mediated Emotional Support Activity, Robot-Mediated Safety Education Activity
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Social Relations Training for Children With ASD
The following protocol was developed with the intention of significantly improving social skills by focusing on increasing relationship skills among children with ASD.
- Trial name
- NCT06278155
- Testing
- Social relation training with social robot, Traditional social relations training
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Virtual Patient, Social Robots
AI-generated Feedback in Social Robotic Virtual Patients
The goal of this quasi-experimental educational study is to learn whether AI-generated post-consultation feedback in social robotic virtual patient interactions improves medical students' clinical performance in medical…
- Conditions
- Virtual Patient, Social Robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Model
- Trial name
- NCT07277829
- Testing
- AI post consultation feedback
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Ioannis Parodis
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Comparing Imitation and Stereotyped Behaviors in Autistic Children: Robots vs. Human Operators
Virtual QT is a social robot designed to interact with humans in social and educational contexts. Equipped with visual and vocal interfaces, the robot can recognize and respond to various human inputs, providing emotional support…
- Trial name
- NCT06144528
- Testing
- QT robot
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica