From Child-Robot Interaction to Child-Robot-Therapist Interaction: A Case Study in Autism | Zendy

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From Child-Robot Interaction to Child-Robot-Therapist Interaction: A Case Study in Autism

Author(s) -

Irini Giannopulu,

Gilbert Pradel

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied bionics and biomechanics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1754-2103

pISSN - 1176-2322

DOI - 10.1155/2012/682601

Subject(s) - autism , psychology , robot , social relation , human–robot interaction , cognition , cognitive psychology , human–computer interaction , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , social psychology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience

Troubles in social communication as well as deficits in the cognitive treatment of emotions are supposed to be a fundamental part of autism. We present a case study based on multimodal interaction between a mobile robot and a child with autism in spontaneous, free game play. This case study tells us that the robot mediates the interaction between the autistic child and therapist once the robot-child interaction has been established. In addition, the child uses the robot as a mediator to express positive emotion playing with the therapist. It is thought that the three-pronged interaction i.e., child-robot-therapist could better facilitate the transfer of social and emotional abilities to real life settings. Robot therapy has a high potential to improve the condition of brain activity in autistic children.

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