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Social Engagement Interaction Games Between Children with Autism and Humanoid Robot NAO

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Children with autism are characterized by impairments in communication, social interaction and information processing. This work presents a module to encourage children with autism to improve their social and communication skills, through a specially designed game-based approach. The humanoid robot NAO is utilized to autonomously engage with a child. The proposed module suggests a multiple role for the robot which can act as a teacher, as a toy and as a peer, through a successive set of joint activities. Overall observation encourages the utilization of NAO in the rehabilitation of children with autism.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 777720.

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  1. Human-Machines Interaction (HUMAIN) Laboratory, Department of Computer and Informatics Engineering, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology (EMaTTech), 65404, Kavala, Greece

    Chris Lytridis, Eleni Vrochidou, Stamatis Chatzistamatis & Vassilis Kaburlasos

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  1. Computational Intelligence Group, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena, Vizcaya, Spain

    Manuel Graña

  2. Computational Intelligence Group, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena, Vizcaya, Spain

    José Manuel López-Guede

  3. Computational Intelligence Group, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena, Vizcaya, Spain

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  4. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Burgos, Burgos, Burgos, Spain

    Álvaro Herrero

  5. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    José Antonio Sáez

  6. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of A Coruña, La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain

    Héctor Quintián

  7. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Emilio Corchado

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Lytridis, C., Vrochidou, E., Chatzistamatis, S., Kaburlasos, V. (2019). Social Engagement Interaction Games Between Children with Autism and Humanoid Robot NAO. In: Graña, M., et al. International Joint Conference SOCO’18-CISIS’18-ICEUTE’18. SOCO’18-CISIS’18-ICEUTE’18 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 771. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94120-2_55

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