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Children with ASD and Robots - What’s the Connection?

Various technological devices have long been an essential part of diagnostics and rehabilitation of many disorders. In the field of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research, enhancement of diagnostics process and therapy of individuals with ASD, scientists have become rather interested in potential of socially- assistive robotics. So far, in the field of human-robot interaction, research goals were mainly directed to measurement and analysis of children’s reactions in relation to the robot partner. Future goals include detailed analysis of certain behaviours which are considered important in the process of diagnosis and intervention of individuals with ASD. One of those behaviours is an imitation. Individuals with ASD have considerable imitation deficit. Imitation is correlated with positive social behaviours and is considered predictive to social skills. Robots have so far been successful in eliciting desirable social behaviours in children with ASD, such as joint attention or sharing of the enjoyment. The purpose of the current study was to examine the differences in interactions of children with ASD in relation to the demonstrator of the task (robot-human) and to give a detailed description of the imitation skills. The results will be elaborated in the presentation.

Robots, Children with ASD

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