More Attention and Less Repetitive and Stereotyped Behaviors using a Robot with Children with Autism

The aim of the present study was to assess the usefulness of QTrobot, a socially assistive robot, in interventions with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by assessing children's attention, imitation, and presence of repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. Fifteen children diagnosed wit...

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Main Authors: Costa, Andreia P., Charpiot, Louise, Lera, Francisco Rodriguez, Ziafati, Pouyan, Nazarikhorram, Aida, Van Der Torre, Leendert, Steffgen, Georges
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Autism
Interviews
Pediatrics
Robot sensing systems
Variable speed drives
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Summary:The aim of the present study was to assess the usefulness of QTrobot, a socially assistive robot, in interventions with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by assessing children's attention, imitation, and presence of repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. Fifteen children diagnosed with ASD, aged from 4 to 14 years participated in two short interactions, one with a person and one with the robot. Statistical analyses revealed that children directed more attention towards the robot than towards the person, imitated the robot as much as the person, and engaged in fewer repetitive or stereotyped behaviors with the robot than with the person. These results support previous research demonstrating the usefulness of robots in short interactions with children with ASD and provide new evidence to the usefulness of robots in reducing repetitive and stereotyped behaviors in children with ASD, which can affect children's learning.
ISSN:1944-9437
DOI:10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525747