Designing a system of interactive robots for training collaborative skills to autistic children

M. Dimitrova; N.J.H. Vegt; E.I. Barakova

doi:10.1109/ICL.2012.6402179

Designing a system of interactive robots for training collaborative skills to autistic children

M. Dimitrova, N.J.H. Vegt, E.I. Barakova

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Using robots to reward and stimulate children doing tasks together can be helpful in improving their social skills. Robots implemented 3 types of behavior scenarios – imitate, enhance and counteract – in a collaborative game of teaching robots perform movements shown by hand gestures. The paper presents a novel account of ASD symptoms based on the interplay of empathic concern and empathic accuracy in different personalities with and without cognitive deficits. Performance of autistic children was compared with two age groups of typically developing children – under and above the age of 7. The study confirmed the limited resource hypothesis – cognitive and motivational – bringing about the observed phenomena in situations of limited attention resources and performance under distraction. The robotic framework for educating children has shown potential for developing of various complex cognitive and social skills and has substantial developmental impact.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	proceedings of 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 26-28 sept. 2012, Villach (Austria)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-2427-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICL.2012.6402179
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL); 2012-09-26; 2012-09-28 - Duration: 26 Sept 2012 → 28 Sept 2012

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Conference	15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL); 2012-09-26; 2012-09-28
Period	26/09/12 → 28/09/12
Other	15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL)

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Dimitrova, M., Vegt, N. J. H., & Barakova, E. I. (2012). Designing a system of interactive robots for training collaborative skills to autistic children. In proceedings of 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 26-28 sept. 2012, Villach (Austria) (pp. 1-8). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICL.2012.6402179

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Dimitrova, M, Vegt, NJH & Barakova, EI 2012, Designing a system of interactive robots for training collaborative skills to autistic children. in proceedings of 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 26-28 sept. 2012, Villach (Austria). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 1-8, 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL); 2012-09-26; 2012-09-28, 26/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICL.2012.6402179

Designing a system of interactive robots for training collaborative skills to autistic children. / Dimitrova, M.; Vegt, N.J.H.; Barakova, E.I.
proceedings of 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 26-28 sept. 2012, Villach (Austria). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012. p. 1-8.

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