Editing Ruth Aylett (section)

==Research==
Aylett's research involves [[affective computing]], [[social computing]], [[software agent]]s, and [[human–robot interaction]]. She is the leader of Socially Competent Robots (SoCoRo), a project of the [[Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council]] that studies whether robots can assist [[autism|autistic]] people in learning to recognize facial expressions and other [[social cue]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/events/art-possible-rise-robots|title=Art of Possible: Rise of the Robots|publisher=Edinburgh Centre for Robotics|date=25 January 2018|accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref>

She has also studied the use of "emotionally literate" robots for tutoring schoolchildren,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13771826.reading-writing-arithmetic-and-robots-the-emotionally-literate-teaching-machines-being-pioneered-in-scotland/|newspaper=The Herald|title=Reading, writing, arithmetic ... and robots: the emotionally literate teaching machines being pioneered in Scotland|first=Rachel|last=Loxton|date=20 September 2015}}</ref> developed interactive role-playing software intended to combat bullying,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2006-09-07-colleges-band-to-make-anti-bullying-game.html|title=Colleges band to make anti-bullying game|first=Ross|last=Miller|work=engadget|date=7 September 2006}}</ref> and performed with a robot poet named Sarah the Poetic Robot as part of the Edinburgh [[Free Fringe]].<ref name=wombwell/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://federationofwritersscotland.com/2017/03/08/featured-writer-ruth-aylett/|title=Featured writer – Ruth Aylett|publisher=The Federation of Writers (Scotland)|date=8 March 2017|accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref>