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Ben Robins publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Robins sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 81 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Ben Robins D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Robins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ben Robins is affiliated with the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom and has a focused research portfolio in neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, artificial intelligence, pharmacy, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their primary research interests include autism spectrum disorder research, social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), infant health and development, child and animal learning development, child development in the context of digital technology, reinforcement learning in robotics, and emotion and mood recognition.

Recent publications by Ben Robins include:

  • Automatic Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism: A Systematic Literature Review, 2022, Sensors
  • Kaspar in the wild: Experiences from deploying a small humanoid robot in a nursery school for children with autism, 2020, Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • Robot-mediated intervention can assist children with autism to develop visual perspective taking skills, 2020, Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • Stress Detection of Children with Autism using Physiological Signals in Kaspar Robot-Based Intervention Studies, 2022, 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)
  • Stress Detection of Children With ASD Using Physiological Signals, 2022, 2022 30th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ben Robins include:

  • Agnieszka Landowska
  • Tatjana Zorčec
  • Duygun Erol Barkana
  • Hatice Köse
  • Luke Wood

The main publication venues where Ben Robins has contributed work are:

  • Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • Sensors
  • 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)
  • 2022 30th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU)
  • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems

Best Publications

  • Robot-mediated joint attention in children with autism : A case study in robot-human interaction

    Ben Robins;Paul Dickerson;Penny Stribling;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • KASPAR --a minimally expressive humanoid robot for human--robot interaction research

    Kerstin Dautenhahn;Chrystopher L. Nehaniv;Michael L. Walters;Ben Robins

  • From Isolation to Communication: A Case Study Evaluation of Robot Assisted Play for Children with Autism with a Minimally Expressive Humanoid Robot

    Ben Robins;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Paul Dickerson

  • Does appearance matter in the interaction of children with autism with a humanoid robot

    Ben Robins;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Janek Dubowski

  • Effects of repeated exposure to a humanoid robot on children with autism

    B. Robins;K. Dautenhahn;R. te Boekhorst;A. Billard

  • Building Robota, a mini-humanoid robot for the rehabilitation of children with autism.

    Aude Billard;Ben Robins;Jacqueline Nadel;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • A Pilot Study with a Novel Setup for Collaborative Play of the Humanoid Robot KASPAR with Children with Autism

    Joshua Wainer;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Ben Robins;Farshid Amirabdollahian

  • Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism

    Sandra Costa;Hagen Lehmann;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Ben Robins

  • The effectiveness of using a robotics class to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an exploratory study

    Joshua Wainer;Ester Ferrari;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Ben Robins

  • Robots as assistive technology - does appearance matter?

    B. Robins;K. Dautenhahn;R. te Boerkhorst;A. Billard

  • Tactile Interactions with a Humanoid Robot : Novel Play Scenario Implementations with Children with Autism

    Ben Robins;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Developing Kaspar: A Humanoid Robot for Children with Autism

    Luke Jai Wood;Abolfazl Zaraki;Ben Robins;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Collaborating with Kaspar: Using an autonomous humanoid robot to foster cooperative dyadic play among children with autism

    Joshua Wainer;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Ben Robins;Farshid Amirabdollahian

  • Robot-mediated interviews--how effective is a humanoid robot as a tool for interviewing young children?

    Luke Jai Wood;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Austen Rainer;Ben Robins

  • Human-centred design methods: Developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials

    Ben Robins;Ester Ferrari;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Gernot Kronreif

  • Building Robota, a Mini-Humanoid Robot for the Rehabilitation of Children with Autism

    A. Billard;B. Robins;K. Dautenhahn;J. Nadel

  • Eliciting Requirements for a Robotic Toy for Children with Autism - Results from User Panels

    B. Robins;N. Otero;E. Ferrari;K. Dautenhahn

  • Developing scenarios for robot assisted play

    B. Robins;E. Ferrari;K. Dautenhahn

  • The Role of the Experimenter in HRI Research - A Case Study Evaluation of Children with Autism Interacting with a Robotic Toy

    B. Robins;K. Dautenhahn

  • Tactile interaction with a humanoid robot for children with autism: A case study analysis involving user requirements and results of an initial implementation

    Ben Robins;Farshid Amirabdollahian;Ze Ji;Kerstin Dautenhahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo
Aude Billard
Aude Billard École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jacqueline Nadel
Jacqueline Nadel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv University of Waterloo
Michael L. Walters
Michael L. Walters University of Hertfordshire
Piero Cosseddu
Piero Cosseddu University of Cagliari
Lorenzo Natale
Lorenzo Natale Italian Institute of Technology
Annalisa Bonfiglio
Annalisa Bonfiglio University of Cagliari
Giorgio Metta
Giorgio Metta Italian Institute of Technology
Maurizio Valle
Maurizio Valle University of Genoa

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