TY - GEN
T1 - Avatar based interaction therapy
T2 - 14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
AU - Alahbabi, Moza
AU - Almazroei, Fatima
AU - Almarzoqi, Mariam
AU - Almeheri, Aysha
AU - Alkabi, Mariam
AU - Nuaimi, A. Al
AU - Cappuccio, Massimiliano
AU - Alnajjar, Fady
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/8/23
Y1 - 2017/8/23
N2 - Autism is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by severe deficiency in social interaction and communication skills. In this study, we investigated response levels of 5 healthy children to a robotic-avatar therapeutic system specially designed for children with Autism, and compared it to a pre-programmed robot designed to interact with autistic child and conventional interactive therapy conducted by a therapist. Our preliminary results show that our proposed avatar robot can increase the response and the interaction time of the child, thus increasing the attention span. On the other hand, our system can also automate and facilitate measuring the progress of interaction. The avatar robot can replicate the therapist's presence, mimicking his/her motion, transferring his/her voice, as well as, delivering feedbacks to the therapist with visuals and audio from the child environment.
AB - Autism is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by severe deficiency in social interaction and communication skills. In this study, we investigated response levels of 5 healthy children to a robotic-avatar therapeutic system specially designed for children with Autism, and compared it to a pre-programmed robot designed to interact with autistic child and conventional interactive therapy conducted by a therapist. Our preliminary results show that our proposed avatar robot can increase the response and the interaction time of the child, thus increasing the attention span. On the other hand, our system can also automate and facilitate measuring the progress of interaction. The avatar robot can replicate the therapist's presence, mimicking his/her motion, transferring his/her voice, as well as, delivering feedbacks to the therapist with visuals and audio from the child environment.
KW - Autism
KW - Avatar-robots
KW - Therapy
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMA.2017.8015864
DO - 10.1109/ICMA.2017.8015864
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030313482
T3 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
SP - 480
EP - 484
BT - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 6 August 2017 through 9 August 2017
ER -