Exploring the use of a mobile robot as an imitation agent with children with low-functioning autism

By Audrey Duquette, François Michaud, Henri Mercier. Auton. Robots, 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Robots for use in autism research. (2012, background): “Anthropomorphism in robots takes many forms: It can mean a robot that is built precisely to a child’s physical dimensions (24); a robot with highly realistic silicone-based skin and expressive facial features (25, 26); a robot built on a doll’s body that has typical, although stylized, human feature”
On the Impact of Robotics in Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences: From Insect Navigation to Human Cognitive Development (2010, neutral): “gestural imitation [37], facial imitation [107], turn-taking [39], bodily awareness [38], or joint attention [45].”
Children with Autism Social Engagement in Interaction with Nao, an Imitative Robot - A Series of Single Case Experiments (2012, background): “Moreover, in [12] and [40] different robotic designs (e.g., spherical ball, elephant toy) are explored in playful interactions with children with autism.”
The Clinical Use of Robots for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Critical Review (2012, methodology): “In another study, improvement on a skill was greater when positive reinforcement was from a human partner than from a robot, despite a greater interest among participants in the robot (Duquette et al., 2008).”
Why Robots? A Survey on the Roles and Benefits of Social Robots in the Therapy of Children with Autism (2013, background): “While robots are programmed and are thus deterministic, they are more suited to the needs of predictability and repetition of a child with autism [40, 46, 49, 60, 68].”
Social Robots as Embedded Reinforcers of Social Behavior in Children with Autism (2012, background): “2007), and as supportive tools for social and communication skills therapy in children with ASD (Duquette et al. 2008; Feil-Seifer and Matarić 2009; Kozima et al. 2009, 2005; Robins et al. 2005; Scassellati 2005; Stanton et al. 2008; Werry and Dautenhahn 1999).”