“…A variety of assistive applications are suggested for people with ASD, to support them in varies areas of their life, and are implemented in computers, special input devices, virtual environments, avatars, serious games, tele rehabilitation as well as robots (Boucenna et al 2014 ). Moreover, an increasing sophistication and transformation can be seen from ASD technology research mainly as theoretical novelties, now growing towards “tools that are better understood, more solidly studied, more nuanced, and more practically relevant” (Shic and Goodwin 2015 ). Various publications and studies highlight the potential and state of the art of using robots as assistive tools in interventions for children with ASD (Diehl et al 2012 ; Huijnen et al 2016a ).…”