Investigation on Requirements of Robotic Platforms to Teach Social Skills to Individuals with Autism [chapter]

Chris Nikolopoulos, Deitra Kuester, Mark Sheehan, Sneha Dhanya
2011 Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering  
This paper reports on some of the robotic platforms used in the project AUROSO which investigates the use of robots as educationally useful interventions to improve social interactions for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Our approach to treatment uses an educational intervention based on Socially Assistive Robotics (SAR), the DIR/Floortime intervention model and social script/stories. Requirements are established and a variety of robotic models/platforms were investigated as
more » ... the feasibility of an economical, practical and efficient means of helping teach social skills to individuals with ASD for use by teachers, families, service providers and other community organizations.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_9 fatcat:otekhsxwcvc6jaep2fkbq32lry