Development of skills in children with ASD using a robotic platform

The interaction and communication skills are essential to live in society. However, individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a gap in these abilities which affects their daily life. Previous studies suggest that children with ASD demonstrate some positive behaviors in presence of a robo...

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Autor principal: Silva, Sara Isabel Azevedo da (author)
Outros Autores: Soares, Filomena (author), Costa, Sandra (author), Pereira, Ana Paula da Silva (author), Moreira, Fátima (author)
Formato: conferencePaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26037
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26037
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Resumo:The interaction and communication skills are essential to live in society. However, individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a gap in these abilities which affects their daily life. Previous studies suggest that children with ASD demonstrate some positive behaviors in presence of a robotic platform. This study intends to evaluate the effect of a robotic platform on children with ASD, checking if the platform can be a stimulating agent for children's interaction, as well as a skill learning promoter. So, it is used the robot Lego Mindstorms NXT as a mediator/reward to encourage children with ASD to interact with others and also to learn some cognitive skills.