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The diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children is commonlyaccompanied by a diagnosis of sensory processing disorders as well.Abnormalities are usually reported in multiple sensory processing domains,showing a higher prevalence of unusual responses, particularly to tactile,auditory and visual stimuli. This paper discusses a novel robot-based frameworkdesigned to target sensory difficulties faced by children with ASD in acontrolled setting. The setup consists of a number of sensory stations,together with robotic agents that navigate the stations and interact with thestimuli as they are presented. These stimuli are designed to resemble realworld scenarios that form a common part of one's everyday experiences. Giventhe strong interest of children with ASD in technology in general and robots inparticular, we attempt to utilize our robotic platform to demonstrate sociallyacceptable responses to the stimuli in an interactive, pedagogical setting thatencourages the child's social, motor and vocal skills, while providing adiverse sensory experience. A user study was conducted to evaluate the efficacyof the proposed framework, with a total of 18 participants (5 with ASD and 13typically developing) between the ages of 4 and 12 years. We describe ourmethods of data collection, coding of video data and the analysis of theresults obtained from the study. We also discuss the limitations of the currentwork and detail our plans for the future work to improve the validity of theobtained results.

An Interactive Robotic Framework to Facilitate Sensory Experiences for Children with ASD