Animation, Theory of Mind and Humanoid Robots: Creating a Social Robot Video Task

Ziggy O'Reilly, David Silvera-Tawil, Ionat Zurr, Diana Tan
2021 Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology  
Theory of Mind (ToM) —a social cognitive ability commonly under-developed in autistic individuals— is necessary to attribute mental states to oneself and others. Research into robot-assisted interventions to improve ToM ability in autistic children has become increasingly popular. However, no appropriate task currently exists to measure the degree of efficacy of robot-assisted interventions targeting ToM ability. In this paper, the authors demonstrate how animation techniques and principles can
more » ... be leveraged to develop and produce videos of humanoid robots interacting, which could selectively measure ToM.
doi:10.1162/leon_a_02099 fatcat:p4dayl6h6rf7flwfu7c4fm4xfq