Accessible robots for improving social skills of individuals with autism

• Autorzy: Tennyson M. F. , Kuester D. A. , Casteel J. , Nikolopoulos C.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/jaiscr-2016-0020

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper reports on an ongoing project between members of the computer science and special education departments of Bradley University and Murray State University, detailing the robotic platforms developed and investigated as a potential tool to improve social interactions among individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Development of a fourth generation robotic agent is described, which uses economically available robotic platforms (Lego NXT) as Socially Assistive Robotics (SAR), combined with direct instruction pedagogy and social scripts to support an alternative educational approach to teaching social behavior. Specifically, in this fourth generation, changes to the physical design of the robots were made to improve the maintainability, reliability, maneuverability, and aesthetics of the robots. The software architecture was designed for modularity, configurability, and reusability of the software.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

autism spectrum disorder; ASD; Socially Assistive Robotics; SAR; telerobotics; telemanipulation; social skills

PL

ASD; SAR; telerobotyka; telemanipulacja; umiejętności społeczne

• Wydawca: University of Social Sciences
• Czasopismo: Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 6, No. 4
• Strony: 267--277
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 34 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Tennyson M. F.

• Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA

autor

Kuester D. A.

• Teacher Education, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA

autor

Casteel J.

• Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA

autor

Nikolopoulos C.

• Departments of Computer Science & Information Systems Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.