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Building Robota, a Mini-Humanoid Robot for the Rehabilitation of Children with Autism”. the RESNA Assistive Technology Journal (2006)
| Venue: | Assistive Technology Journal |
| Citations: | 25 - 2 self |
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@ARTICLE{Billard06buildingrobota,,
author = {Aude Billard and Ben Robins and Jacqueline Nadel and Kerstin Dautenhahn},
title = {Building Robota, a Mini-Humanoid Robot for the Rehabilitation of Children with Autism”. the RESNA Assistive Technology Journal},
journal = {Assistive Technology Journal},
year = {2006},
volume = {19},
pages = {37--49}
}
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Abstract
The Robota project constructs a series of multiple degrees of freedom doll-shaped humanoid robots, whose physical features resemble those of a human baby. The Robota robots have been applied as assistive technologies in behavioral studies with low-functioning children with autism. These studies investigate the potential of using an imitator robot to assess children’s imitation ability and to teach children simple coordinated behaviors. In this paper, we review the recent technological developments that have made the Robota robots suitable for use with children with autism. We critically appraise the main outcomes of two sets of behavioral studies conducted with Robota and discuss how these results inform future development of the Robota robots and generally, robots for the rehabilitation of children with complex developmental disabilities. Robota is the name of a series of doll-shaped mini-humanoid robots. The Robota project is part of a current trend of robotics research that develops educational robot toys; see, e.g. [Michaud & Caron 2002, Plaisant et al 2000, Kozima et al 2002]. Such a trend aims at understanding the role that an “entertaining ” robot might play in the educational development of the child. This approach goes
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