Feasibility of using a humanoid robot for enhancing attention and social skills in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Jordan, Kimberlee; King, Marcus; Hellersteth, Sophia; Wirén, Anna; Mulligan, Hilda

doi:10.1097/mrr.0b013e32835d0b43

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“…These assessment measures included the TRIAD Social Skills Assessment (Stone et al 2010), the Autism Social Skills Profile (Bellini and Hopf 2007), the goals utilised in SCERTS (Prizant et al 2003) and the behaviours observed by Jordan et al (2013) in a small study that used a fine grain analysis to analyse behaviours in adolescents with ASD and other cognitive impairment.…”

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A novel communication application to encourage social interaction by children with autism spectrum disorder

Graham¹,

Bond²,

McCormick³

et al. 2016

NZJP

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Difficulty with social interactions is a feature of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and can be present in children who have other developmental disorders. A novel application using computer technology was designed by Callaghan Innovation to improve social interaction in this population by assisting casual conversation between two people with minimal external facilitation. We compared the application with the children's existing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices and Picture Communication Symbols (PCS™). A sample of three pairs (n = 6) of adolescents, who have a diagnosis of ASD or another developmental condition affecting their social interaction and communication, were videotaped and analysed using all three modes. The new application provided better social interaction, attention, independence and enjoyment than the existing systems.Graham H, Bond A, McCormick M, Hobbs O, Yoo C, Gupta S, Mulligan H, King M (2016) A novel communication application to encourage social interaction by children with autism spectrum disorder.

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A novel communication application to encourage social interaction by children with autism spectrum disorder

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Bond²,

McCormick³

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“…The researchers offered using UniBoard devices and PICAXE microcontrollers for teaching mechatronics (Nicholas et al, 2012). The researchers of four scientific studies used humanoid robots for social interaction, socialization, communication (with autistic children) and development of speaking skills (Huskens et al, 2013;Jordan et al, 2013;Hung et al, 2013;Fridin, 2014). However, the learning activity, covered in the review by Benitti, was predominantly (90%) implemented by using various models of Lego robots (Benitti, 2012).…”

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“…Huskens et al, 2013;Jordan et al, 2013 While creating robotics models children's social speech has significantly improved. Mills et al, 2013;Hung et al, 2013 A robot teaching assistant for the use in language learning activities has significantly improved students' learning motivation and learning efficiency.…”

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“…Cuperman et al, 2013 Robots are engaging and motivate children with ASD to interact Huskens et al, 2013Jordan et al, 2013Students were also asked the question ''How much has your inclination towards STEM increased due to the program?'' on a Likert scale (1¼Not increased at all, 2¼Not much, 3¼A noticeable amount, 4¼Significantly, 5¼I am now certain of a career in STEM) to which their median response was 3.…”

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Applying Robotics in School Education: a Systematic Review

Kubilinskienė¹,

Žilinskienė²,

Dagienė³

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Abstract. А modern learning environment can be developed by using innovative tools and methods. Benefits of robotics in teaching and learning processes have recently been drawing an increasing attention of researchers. The article aims are to perform а systematic review of the literature on the application of educational robots in schools, in order to identify the experience in the use of robotics in both formal primary, basic, and secondary schools and informal education, e.g. after school activities, summer camps. 16 relevant articles have been selected from the bibliographic databases as part of the systematic literature review. The analysis covers the following components of the articles: research aim, a curriculum taught by using robots, specific teaching methods, other characteristics (sample size, age limits and/or study cycle), and findings. The systematic literature review has shown that robotics has been paving its way as a teaching aid in a more intensive and flexible manner. The systematized findings of the literature review show the need for a further scientific research in this area in Lithuanian schools and may provide educators, practitioners and researchers, working in this area, with valuable guidelines.

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“…In [13], it was tested the communication and social skills in a memory card face matching game. Adolescents with autism and with other cognitive impairments are recruited in pairs (one of each pair had autism) and the game was played in three different game modes (using robot, smart boards and playing cards) for aproximately 15 minutes in three separeted days.…”

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Attention Based Object Recogniton Applied to a Humanoid Robot

Pinto

Oliveira

Meneghetti

et al. 2014

2014 Joint Conference on Robotics: SBR-LARS Robotics Symposium and Robocontrol

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Abstract-Analysis and recognition of objects in complex scenes is a demanding task for a computer. There is a selection mechanism, named visual attention, that optimizes the visual system, in which only the important parts of the scene are considered at a time. In this work, an object-based visual attention model with both bottom-up and top-down modulation is applied to the humanoid robot NAO to allow a new attention procedure to the robot. This means that the robot, by using its cameras, can recognize geometric figures even with the competition for the attention of all the objects in the image in real time. The proposed method is validated through some tests with 13 to 14 year old kids interacting with the robot NAO that provides some tips (such as the perimeter and area calculation formulas) and recognizes the figure showed by these children. The results are very promissor and show that the proposed approach can contribute for inserting robotics in the educacional context.

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Feasibility of using a humanoid robot for enhancing attention and social skills in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

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A novel communication application to encourage social interaction by children with autism spectrum disorder

A novel communication application to encourage social interaction by children with autism spectrum disorder

Applying Robotics in School Education: a Systematic Review

Attention Based Object Recogniton Applied to a Humanoid Robot

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