Ameer Helmi, Rafael Morales Mayoral, Tze-Hsuan Wang, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, “Go Go Gadget GoBot: Leaning into the Novelty Effect for Reengagement with Modular Robotic Hardware,” Paper in review to the International Journal of Social Robotics (SORO), 2024
Ameer Helmi, Tze-Hsuan Wang, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, “Look at Them Go! Evidence of Motor Skill Benefits from Robot-Mediated use of a Novel Pediatric Mobility Aid,” Paper in review to Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE), 2024
Rafael Morales Mayoral, Ameer Helmi, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, “GoBot Go! Using a Custom Assistive Robot to Promote Physical Activity in Children,” Paper in review to the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM), 2024
Ameer Helmi, Emily Scheide, Tze-Hsuan Wang, Samuel W. Logan, Geoffrey A. Hollinger, Naomi T. Fitter, "GoBot: An Autonomous Assistive Robot using Behavior Trees to Encourage Child Mobility," Paper in review to Transactions in Human-Robot Interaction Journal, 2023.
Rafael Morales Mayoral, Ameer Helmi, Shel-Twon Warren, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, "Robottheory Fitness: GoBot’s Engagement Edge for Spurring Physical Activity in Young Children," Paper accepted to the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, MI, USA 2023
Ameer Helmi, Tze-Hsuan Wang, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, "Harnessing the Power of Movement: A Body-Weight Support System & Assistive Robot Case Study," Paper accepted to the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Singapore, Singapore, 2023.
Ameer Helmi, Kristen Koenig, and Naomi T. Fitter, "A Model Child? Behavior Models for Simulated Infant-Robot Interaction," Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), Florence, Italy, 2022.
Ameer Helmi, Samantha Noregaard, Natasha Giulietti, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, "Let Them Have Bubbles! Filling Gaps in Toy-Like Behaviors for Child-Robot Interaction," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2022.
Ameer Helmi, Tze-Hsuan Wang, Christine Zhan, Kenneth Nys, Pico Sankari, Samuel W. Logan, and Naomi T. Fitter, "GoBot Throw: A Toy-Inspired Ball-Launching Robot For Child-Robot Interaction," Proceedings of the From Modelling to Understanding Children's Behaviour in the Context of Robotics and Social Artificial Intelligence Workshop, held in conjunction with the 2022 International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), Florence, Italy, 2022.
Ameer Helmi, Lucas Dassonville, Christine Zhan, and Naomi T. Fitter, "GoBot Dance: An Air Dancer-Inspired Robot For Child-Robot Interaction," Proceedings of the From Modelling to Understanding Children's Behaviour in the Context of Robotics and Social Artificial Intelligence Workshop, held in conjunction with the 2022 International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), Florence, Italy, 2022.
Joseline Raja Vora, Ameer Helmi, Christine Zhan, Eliora Olivares, Tina Vu, Marie Wilkey, Samantha Noregaard, Naomi T. Fitter, and Samuel W. Logan, "Influence of a socially assistive robot on physical activity, social play behavior, and toy-use behaviors of children in a free play environment: A within-subjects study," Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021.
Ashwin Vinoo, Layne Case, Gabriela R. Zott, Joseline Raja Vora, Ameer Helmi, Samuel W. Logan, Naomi T. Fitter, "Design of an assistive robot for infant mobility interventions," Paper accepted to the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Vancouver, Canada (remote), 2021.
Ameer Helmi and Naomi T. Fitter, "Lights, camera, action! Evaluating robot reward behaviors in free play with children," Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Child-Robot Relationship Formation Workshop, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Boulder, CO, USA, 2021.
Ameer Helmi and Naomi T. Fitter, "Using motion expert feedback to design models for infant-robot interaction," Proceedings of the 2020 ICSR Workshop on Child-Robot Interaction, International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), Golden, CO, USA, 2020.
Brian J. Zhang, Ryan Quick, Ameer Helmi, and Naomi T. Fitter, "Socially assistive robots at work: Making break-taking interventions more pleasant, enjoyable, and engaging," Paper accepted to the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2020.