Virtual Assistive Robot for Play

Encarnação, Pedro; Piedade, Gonçalo; Adams, Kim; Cook, Albert M.

doi:10.2316/p.2012.766-010

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“…Physical properties and sounds were added such that behaviour of the virtual objects matched the behaviour of the physical objects as closely as possible. For more details on the development of the virtual robot please refer to Encarnação et al [23,24]. Figure 5 shows the experimental setups with the physical and the virtual robots.…”

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Using virtual robot-mediated play activities to assess cognitive skills

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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Virtual robots can provide a vehicle for children to demonstrate cognitive understanding. Virtual and physical robots can be used as augmentative manipulation tools allowing children with disabilities to actively participate in play, educational and therapeutic activities. Virtual robots have the potential of overcoming limitations of physical robots such as cost, reliability and the need for on-site technical support.

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