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Experience with the Children-Humanoid Interaction in Rehabilitation Therapy for Spinal Disorders

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This paper deals with the social human-robot interaction with children towards the application outside tightly controlled and constrained laboratory environments. We present our experience of using the Nao humanoid robotic platform in a role of a physiotherapist for rehabilitation and prevention of scoliosis in a children’s hospital and an elementary school in Slovakia. Before and between the exercise units, children could freely interact with a robot, what contributed to building-up robot-children relationship. The results indicate the potential of humanoids to enhance the quality of life of children in an entertaining and effective way.

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  1. Center for Intelligent Technologies, Dept. of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Kosice, 9 Letna, Kosice, 040-01, Slovakia

    Maria Vircikova & Peter Sincak

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  1. , Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci., KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  2. Dept. Computer &, Information Technology (ICT), Purdue University, N. Grant St. 401, West Lafayette, 47907-1421, Indiana, USA

    Eric T. Matson

  3. , Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engg., KAIST, Daehak-ro 291, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Hyun Myung

  4. , Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand

    Peter Xu

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Vircikova, M., Sincak, P. (2013). Experience with the Children-Humanoid Interaction in Rehabilitation Therapy for Spinal Disorders. In: Kim, JH., Matson, E., Myung, H., Xu, P. (eds) Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 2012. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 208. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37374-9_34

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