RCH patient, Miles, working with NAO. Alvin Aquino/RCH April 11, 2016 Robots can help young patients engage in rehab Chris McCarthy, Swinburne University of Technology; Adam Scheinberg, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Felip Marti Carrillo, Swinburne University of Technology; Joanna Butchart, Royal Children's Hospital, and Leon Sterling, Swinburne University of Technology The advent of social robots is giving rise to new possibilities in paediatric health care. But will they replace human specialists?