Robots: Assistive technologies for play, learning and cognitive development

Cook, Al; Encarnação, Pedro; Adams, Kim

doi:10.3233/tad-2010-0297

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“…Participating in play is crucial for all children, but children with complex disabilities and/or developmental delays cannot always access the same opportunities as typically developing children. The delays may be in any skill set, which may result in a lack of the physical ability to reach for a toy as well as diminished awareness of a toy due to visual or hearing deficits [5]. Due to the physical, cognitive, and sensory limitations in this population, manipulation of 2 Advances in Human-Computer Interaction objects or environmental exploration is difficult, and the quality of play and learning of skills may be compromised, particularly for children with complex cerebral palsy [5].…”

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Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Designed to Elicit Communication, Motor Skills, Emotion, and Visual Regard (Engagement) from Young Children with Complex Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Comparative Trial

Clark¹,

Sliker²,

Sandstrum³

et al. 2019

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

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Through play, typically developing children manipulate objects and interact with peers to establish and develop physical, cognitive, language, and social skills. However, children with complex disabilities and/or developmental delays have limited play experiences, thus compromising the quality of play and acquisition of skills. Assistive technologies have been developed to increase opportunities and level of interaction for children with disabilities to facilitate learning and development. One type of technology, Socially Assistive Robotics, is designed to assist the human user through social interaction while creating measurable growth in learning and rehabilitation. The investigators in this study designed, developed, and validated a semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot to compare with a switch-adapted toy to determine robot effectiveness in quantity of, changes in, and differences in engagement. After interacting with both systems for three sessions each, five of the eight subjects showed a greater level of positive engagement with the robot than the switch-adapted toy, while the remaining three subjects showed slightly higher positive engagement with the toy. The preliminary results of the study suggest that Socially Assistive Robots specifically designed for children with complex cerebral palsy should be further researched and utilized to enrich play interactions and skill development for this population.

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Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Designed to Elicit Communication, Motor Skills, Emotion, and Visual Regard (Engagement) from Young Children with Complex Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Comparative Trial

Clark¹,

Sliker²,

Sandstrum³

et al. 2019

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“…Most technological medical interventions have been assistive in nature 6,7 ; supporting physicians in taking quick, evidence-based decisions. Designs of such systems have employed conversational agent approaches and have been based mostly on information available on the web.…”

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Robots to the Rescue: A Review of Studies on Differential Medical Diagnosis Employing Ontology-Based Chat Bot Technology

Edwards¹,

Muniru²,

Cheok³

2016

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Access to medical care is a global issue. Technology-aided approaches have been applied in addressing this. Interventions have however not focused on medical diagnosis as a fully automated procedure and available applications employ mainly text-based inputs rather than conversation in natural language. We explored the utility of ontology-based chatbot technology for the design of intelligent agents for medical diagnosis through a systematic review of the most recent related literature. English articles published in 2011-2016 returned 233 hits which yielded 11 relevant articles after a 3-stage screening. Findings showed that the creation of expert systems had been the focus of many the studies which utilize the physician-system-patient framework with system training based mostly on expert knowledge for designing web-or mobile phone-based applications that serve assistive purposes. Findings further indicated gaps in the design and evaluation of more effective systems deployable as standalone applications, for example, on an embodied robotic system. The need for technology supporting the physical examination part of diagnosis, connection to data sources on patients' vitals and medical history are also indicated in addition to the need for more qualitative work on natural language-based interaction. The system should be one that is continuously learning. Future works should also be directed towards the building of more robust knowledge base as well as evaluation of theory-based diagnostic methodological options

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“…Children with congenital or early acquired severe physical disabilities can lose opportunities to develop and demonstrate their cognitive and perceptual skills if the physical disability limits the ability of the child to physically manipulate objects [14]. This limitation in object manipulation can compromise the quality of their play and learning skills [15].…”

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“…Assistive technologies allow these children to engage in different kinds of social, cognitive and communicative activities, by increasing, maintaining, improving or compensating for their functional capabilities [19]. Assistive technology gives children with disabilities opportunities to explore their environment through independent mobility [17], interact with others as part of their social construction of the world [20] and explore and participate in learning and play activities [15,[21][22][23].…”

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“…In these studies children independently controlled robots using switches adapted to their capabilities and needs. Robots can be programmed in several ways throughout a continuum of autonomy from fully autonomous (i.e., the robot carries out a complete task without human intervention) to tele-operated (i.e., the human operator controls the robot throughout a task) [15]. The characteristics of switches, such as simplicity, portability and safety, make it possible for the child to independently control the task and their influence over the environment increases [28].…”

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The neurophysiology of augmentative manipulation: A method for technical implementation

Alvarez

Wiebe

Adams

et al. 2014

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BACKGROUND: The strong relationship between motor and cognitive development suggests that the limited motor experience of children with physical disabilities can impact their cognitive and perceptual development. The assessment of their cognitive skills is also compromised due to limited verbal communication and motor gestures. Robots have been used to give children with disabilities an opportunity to independently manipulate objects and to reveal their cognitive skills when they use the robots. Little is known about the neural correlates that subtend robotic augmentative manipulation and the ways in which using a robot to manipulate objects may change the task's cognitive and perceptual demands. Several technical considerations pose a challenge to such studies. OBJECTIVE: This paper presents a methodology for the technical implementation of neurophysiological exploration of robotaugmented manipulation and presents an evaluation of the technical feasibility of performing a comparison between augmented manipulation and direct manipulation as response modalities in a cognitive task. METHODS: A costume made interface was designed that would allow the interfacing of the EGI NetStation Electroencephalographic (EEG) signal acquisition system, the E-Prime stimulus presentation system, and a 3-Dimensional task performed with either a robot or through typical direct manipulation. The technical feasibility and the stability of the designed technical implementation was tested with 10 adult participants. RESULTS: Initial analysis revealed specific robot control interface related artefacts. Further testing confirmed the source of artefact. Independent component Analysis was successfully used to separate this artefact component. Advantages, disadvantages, and results obtained from this method for technical implementation are presented. Implications for the study of neural correlates of augmentative manipulation are discussed.

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Robots: Assistive technologies for play, learning and cognitive development

Cited by 65 publications

References 41 publications

Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Designed to Elicit Communication, Motor Skills, Emotion, and Visual Regard (Engagement) from Young Children with Complex Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Comparative Trial

Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Designed to Elicit Communication, Motor Skills, Emotion, and Visual Regard (Engagement) from Young Children with Complex Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Comparative Trial

Robots to the Rescue: A Review of Studies on Differential Medical Diagnosis Employing Ontology-Based Chat Bot Technology

The neurophysiology of augmentative manipulation: A method for technical implementation

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