Clinical Interventions of Social Humanoid Robots in the Treatment of a Set of High- and Low-Functioning Autistic Iranian Twins

Abstract

In this paper, the robot-assisted interventions for a pair of fraternal twins with autism, of whom one was high-functioning and the other low-functioning, are presented. Since many genetic and environmental factors were the same for both participants, the e ects of individual and group robotic games on these two children with high-and lowfunctioning autism were compared. The results indicated improvement in joint attention skills for both subjects. It was further observed that robot group games had the potential to improve social skills in the subject with high-functioning autism and to lower the amount of stereotyped and detrimental behaviors in the participant with low-functioning autism. The communication of both participants with each other improved, and their mother claimed she observed her children playing a meaningful game together at home for the rst time since their birth.

Employing a Novel Gait Pattern Generator on a Social Humanoid Robot

“…This was true even for a model with more complex kinematics (a three-dimensional model with non-spherical hip joints), although the produced walking was too slow. However, this problem did not have a serious con ict with the goals expected for the robot [25][26][27][28].…”

“…These factors make it di cult to use a dynamic stability criterion. Fortunately, considering the goals expected for this robot [25][26][27][28][29], it does not need to walk too fast; thus, static stability has been used in this paper. Review of the construction of this robot (see Figure 1) shows a 6.09 cm o set at the hip.…”

“…In this research, a GPG is developed for the humanoid robot \Alice" with the given Iranian name \Mina" [24], as shown in Figure 1. This robot has been used in autism treatment as a therapy assistant and in English as a Second Language (ESL) education [25][26][27][28]. Although this robot has the capability of walking, no walking pattern has been designed for it thus far.…”

Computer- and Robot-Assisted Therapies to Aid Social and Intellectual Functioning of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Taheri et al [39] introduced clinical interventions with social humanoid robots in the treatment of autistic Iranian twins in a pilot study based on a single subject design experiment. The robot-assisted interventions for a pair of fraternal twins—one with HFA and one with LFA—are described.…”

“…Rovio. (see reference above)Social skills, CommunicationTaheri et al (2018a) [39]Purpose: Evaluate robot-assisted clinical interventions with a therapist and social robots involving group games to study the impact on social & communication skills and stereotyped behaviors on fraternal twins with ASD. Pilot study.Aldebaran Robotics.…”