The role of Educational Robotics in the learning of children with special educational needs: Down syndrome, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia

The purpose of this literature review is to investigate the role of Educational Robotics (ER) in the educational process of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Specifically, we aim to highlight, through a review of the existing literature, whether the development of educational programs based on the principles of Educational Robotics has the potential to enhance various aspects of the learning process of individuals belonging to the category of special educational needs (SEN). These aspects include engaging and actively involving students in the learning process, diagnosing SEN, improving their performance in relation to expected learning outcomes and enhancing their academic skills, assessing the learning process and, by extension, supporting the learning of these individuals in general. For the review, known research databases including IEEE Xplore, Science Direct, Springer Link, ProQuest, MDPI, Pubmed and the Google Scholar search engine were used. As a result, we arrived at a total of 33 articles using the defined keywords.