Exploring play styles with a robot companion

Marti, Patrizia; Giusti, Leonardo; Pollini, Alessandro

doi:10.1109/roman.2009.5326229

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“…Assistive robots have been used by children with physical disabilities to engage in play (Cook et al., 2010). While children with disabilities played with a robot called the IROMEC in semi-structured activities, they became the main protagonists of the play session (Robins et al., 2012), and were equally active partners as their typically developing peers (Marti and Iacono, 2011). Children with physical disabilities who operated a robot designed to manipulate LEGO bricks, the PlayROB robot, engaged in autonomous play (Kronreif et al., 2007).…”

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An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys

Adams

Rincón

Puyo

et al. 2017

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Introduction: Assistive robots could be a means for children with physical disabilities to manipulate toys and for occupational therapists to track children's play development. This study aimed to (a) establish if free play setups without and with a robot would elicit a developmental sequence of play in typically developing children, (b) determine if the robot affected children's play and (c) observe the play schemes that children performed. Method: An experimental crossover design was conducted. Thirty typically developing children between the ages of 3 and 8 years old performed free play activities with conventional toys or unstructured materials without and with a switch-controlled Lego Mindstorms robot. Children's pretend and functional play was analyzed using a coding scheme developed for the present study. Results: There was a trend, increasing with age, for pretend play without the robot with unstructured materials (p ¼ .002), and with the robot, for conventional toys (p ¼ 0.015) and unstructured materials (p ¼ 0.027). Younger children exhibited more pretend play without the robot than with it. Conclusion: Assistive robots and appropriate play setups can provide a method to measure the play development level of children with disabilities, and support pretend play. Suggestions to support pretend play when children with disabilities use assistive robots are discussed.

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An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys

Adams

Rincón

Puyo

et al. 2017

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…In other studies, instead, the robot assumed different role: a mediator. Marti and Iacono [21] designed a robot companion for children with disabilities, for empowering them to explore different play modalities. Kronreif et al [22], instead, designed a Cartesian coordinate robot that enables children with severe physical disabilities to play with existing toys, such as bricks.…”

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Design for Children’s Playful Learning with Robots

Lupetti

Yao

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Future Internet

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Abstract:This article presents an investigation of the implications of designing for children's playful learning with robots. This study was carried out by adopting a Research through Design approach that resulted in the development of a novel low-anthropomorphic robot called Shybo. The article reports the main phases of the project: the preliminary and exploratory research that was carried out to define a list of design requirements; the design of the robot and its supplementary materials for carrying out playful learning experiences; and the evaluation of the project that involved both parents and children. The robot, in fact, was finally tested as part of a two-hour experience that engaged children in activities related to the associations between sounds and colours. The article presents and discusses the results of this evaluation to point out positive aspects of the experience, emerging issues and hints for future works. These are documented to share lessons learned that might be supportive of the general development of children's playful learning and cognitive experiences with robots.

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“…The robotic platform can be configured to engage in a number of play scenarios as described in Figure 2. Marti (2010) described the scenarios in more detail, with supplementary images, which give a good insight into the course of the scenarios [17]. Figures 3 and 4 give a visual representation of two scenarios.…”

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Robots supporting play for children with physical disabilities: Exploring the potential of IROMEC

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Janssens

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Background: Play is essential for children's development. Children with severe physical disabilities often experience problems engaging in play. In rehabilitation and special education for children with physical disabilities play-like activities and play for play's sake are important.Objective: The current study aimed at examining the possibilities of using the IROMEC robot in rehabilitation and special education for children with severe physical disabilities.Methods: A mixed methods approach, using individual interviews, two rounds of focus group interviews, a questionnaire and a final session to reach consensus, was used to examine the match between the goals in therapy and special education and the IROMEC robot. Results:The existing play scenarios of IROMEC have the potential to support play for children with severe physical disabilities, especially in the domains of movement functions, learning and applying knowledge, communication/interpersonal interactions and relationships, and play. Conclusions:The current study helped to build a body of evidence to the possibilities of the IROMEC robot. The results of this study can be used to further develop meaningful robotic play interventions for children with severe physical disabilities.

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Exploring play styles with a robot companion

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys

An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys

Design for Children’s Playful Learning with Robots

Robots supporting play for children with physical disabilities: Exploring the potential of IROMEC

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