Publications by Arzu Güneysu Özgür

Teacher's Perception on Social Robots to Promote the Integration of Children with Migration Background

Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Daniel Carnieto Tozadore

This paper describes the first steps of an ongoing participatory design with teachers from Switzerland to co-create Human-Robot Interaction setups for integrating children with migration history. The herein presented phase had two main goals: (i) initially ...

Association for Computing Machinery2023

The effect of gamified robot-enhanced training on motor performance in chronic stroke survivors

Pierre Dillenbourg, Valérie Rita Madeleine Zufferey, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Andéol Geoffroy Cadic-Melchior, Giulia Dominijanni, Barbara Bruno

Task-specific training constitutes a core element for evidence-based rehabilitation strategies targeted at improving upper extremity activity after stroke. Its combination with additional treatment strategies and neurotechnologybased solutions could furthe ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Designing Tangible Robot Mediated Co-located Games to Enhance Social Inclusion for Neurodivergent Children

Arzu Güneysu Özgür

Neurodivergent children with cognitive and communicative difficulties often experience a lower level of social integration in comparison to neurotypical children. Therefore it is crucial to understand social inclusion challenges and address exclusion. Sinc ...

New York2022

Predictive Analysis of Errors During Robot-Mediated Gamified Training

Pierre Dillenbourg, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Nihal Ezgi Yücetürk, Nevena Dresevic, Marija Katanic

This paper presents our approach to predicting future error-related events in a robot-mediated gamified phys- ical training activity for stroke patients. The ability to predict future error under such conditions suggests the existence of distinguishable fe ...

IEEE2022

Designing Online Multiplayer Games with Haptically and Virtually Linked Tangible Robots to Enhance Social Interaction in Therapy

Pierre Dillenbourg, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Mehdi Akeddar, Hala Khodr

The social aspects of therapy and training are important for patients to avoid social isolation and must be considered when designing a platform, especially for home-based rehabilitation. We proposed an online version of the previously proposed tangible Pa ...

IEEE2022

Detecting Compensatory Motions and Providing Informative Feedback During a Tangible Robot Assisted Game for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

Pierre Dillenbourg, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Hala Khodr, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Barbara Bruno

Gamified rehabilitation tackles the problem of keeping patients engaged in, and motivated to do physical rehabilitation to improve its efficacy. However, with respect to standard rehabilitation, patients are freer to move about and may compensate their mot ...

IEEE2021

Smart Toys plus plus : Exploiting the Social Connectedness for Playing and Learning

Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür

Under the umbrella of smart toys, a myriad of interactive systems have addressed a variety of scenarios considering entertainment, education, sustainability, social and environmental learning through play. Tangibles and small toy robots prevail; but intera ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2021

Designing Gamified Activities with Haptic-Enabled Tangible Robots for Therapy and Assistance

Arzu Güneysu Özgür

In this thesis, we contribute to the field of rehabilitation robotics by designing haptic-enabled tangible robot-based activities and exploring their added value for therapy and assistance. The research specifically focuses on the design and development of ...

EPFL2021

Being Part of the Swarm: Experiencing Human-Swarm Interaction with VR and Tangible Robots

Pierre Dillenbourg, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Kevin Gonyop Kim, Hala Khodr, Barbara Bruno

A swarm is the coherent behavior that emerges ubiquitously fromsimple interaction rules between self-organized agents. Understand-ing swarms is of utmost importance in many disciplines and jobs,but hard to teach due to the elusive nature of the phenomenon, ...

2020

Gamified Motor Training With Tangible Robots in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study and Comparison With the Young

Pierre Dillenbourg, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Jennifer Kaitlyn Olsen

Background: An increasing lifespan and the resulting change in our expectations of later life stages are dependent on a good health state. This emphasizes the importance of the development of strategies to further strengthen healthy aging. One important as ...

2020

Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Tangible Robot-Assisted Handwriting Activity for Special Education

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Elmira Yadollahi, Barbara Bruno

In this article we investigate the role of interactive haptic-enabled tangible robots in supporting the learning of cursive letter writing for children with attention and visuomotor coordination issues. We focus on the two principal aspects of handwriting ...

2020

Can Tangible Robots Support Children in Learning Handwriting?

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Barbara Bruno

A large body of research suggests that robots could indeed be useful for supporting children in learning handwriting. However, few studies have investigated the role and use of tangible robots in teaching handwriting to children with attention and/or visuo ...

2020

Design of Dynamic Tangible Workspaces for Games: Application on Robot-Assisted Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Pierre Dillenbourg, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Barbara Bruno

A key element for the success of any game is its ability to produce a different experience at each round, thus keeping the player engagement high. This is particularly important for those games that also have a serious objective, such as gamified rehabilit ...

2020

Using tabletop robots to promote inclusive classroom experiences

Ana Paiva, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal

Geometry and handwriting rely heavily on the visual representation of basic shapes. It can become challenging for students with visual impairments to perceive these shapes and understand complex spatial constructs. For instance, knowing how to draw is high ...

ACM2020

PREC 2019: Personal Robots for Exercising and Coaching

Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür

Exercising is strongly recommended for prevention and treatment of pathologies with high prevalence such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that insufficient physical activity is one of the leading ...

IEEE2019

Designing Configurable Arm Rehabilitation Games: How Do Different Game Elements Affect User Motion Trajectories?

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Jennifer Kaitlyn Olsen

For successful rehabilitation of a patient after a stroke or traumatic brain injury, it is crucial that rehabilitation activities are motivating, provide feedback and have a high rate of repetitions. Advancements in recent technologies provide solutions to ...

IEEE2019

Towards an Adaptive Upper Limb Rehabilitation Game with Tangible Robots

Pierre Dillenbourg, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Louis Pierre Faucon, Pablo Maceira Elvira, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Andéol Geoffroy Cadic-Melchior

A key feature of a successful game is its ability to provide the player with an adequate level of challenge. However, the objective of difficulty adaptation in serious games is not only to maintain the player’s motivation by challenging, but also to ensure ...

2019

Bringing letters to life: handwriting with haptic-enabled tangible robots

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Ayberk Özgür, Khalil Mrini, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Elmira Yadollahi

In this paper, we present a robotic approach to improve the teaching of handwriting using the tangible, haptic-enabled and classroom-friendly Cellulo robots. Our efforts presented here are in line with the philosophy of the Cellulo platform: we aim to crea ...

ACM2018

Declarative Physicomimetics for Tangible Swarm Application Development

Francesco Mondada, Pierre Dillenbourg, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal

2018

Iterative Design of an Upper Limb Rehabilitation Game with Tangible Robots

Francesco Mondada, Pierre Dillenbourg, Kshitij Sharma, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel

2018