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BHI 2013: Brain and Health Informatics pp 336–347Cite as

A Humanoid Robot Used as an Assistive Intervention Tool for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Research

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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder affecting 60 out of 10,000 individuals. Children with autism are often characterized by repetitive behaviors and by deficits in social skills and communicative abilities. They are usually not willing to communicate with other people. However, researches indicate that most of them are willing to approach and interact with robots or robot-like characteristics. In this paper, we proposed two robotic-assisted intervention models aimed at helping children with ASD to improve their social experiences and establishing relationship quickly between an autistic child and an adult such as a therapist. A preliminary research on testing the responses and interests of three Chinese children with autism toward a humanoid robot is also presented. The result showed different interests of the children toward the robot and proved that the selection phase in our models will be useful.

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  1. Ubiquitous Awareness and Intelligent Solutions Lab, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, P.R. China

    Mingqi Zhao, Qinglin Zhao, Quanying Liu, Na Li, Hong Peng & Bin Hu

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  1. Department of Systems Life Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology, 460-1 Kamisadori-cho, 371-0816, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

    Kazayuki Imamura

  2. Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tenpaku-cho, 441-8580, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

    Shiro Usui

  3. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 39-22 Showamachi 3-chome, 371-8511, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

    Tomoaki Shirao

  4. The Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2318 Fillmore Street, 94115, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Takuji Kasamatsu

  5. University of Rostock, 18051, Rostock, Germany

    Lars Schwabe

  6. Department of Life Science and Informatics, Maebashi Institute of Technology, 460-1 Kamisadori-cho, 371-0816, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

    Ning Zhong

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Zhao, M., Zhao, Q., Liu, Q., Li, N., Peng, H., Hu, B. (2013). A Humanoid Robot Used as an Assistive Intervention Tool for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Research. In: Imamura, K., Usui, S., Shirao, T., Kasamatsu, T., Schwabe, L., Zhong, N. (eds) Brain and Health Informatics. BHI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02753-1_34

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