”Where is your nose?” : developing body awareness skills among children with autism using a humanoid robot

This article describes an exploratory study in which children with autism interact with KASPAR, a humanoid robot, equipped with tactile sensors able to distinguish a gentle from a harsh touch, and to respond accordingly. The study investigated a novel scenario for robot-assisted play, namely to incr...

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Main Author: Costa, Sandra (author)
Other Authors: Lehmann, Hagen (author), Robins, Ben (author), Dautenhahn, Kerstin (author), Soares, Filomena (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Assistive technologies
Socially assistive robots
Human-robot interaction
Body awareness
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26038
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26038

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26038

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