Alnajjar, Fady and Cappuccio, Massimiliano and Renawi, Abdulrahman and Mubin, Omar and Loo, Chu Kiong (2021) Personalized robot interventions for autistic children: An automated methodology for attention assessment. International Journal of Social Robotics, 13 (1, SI). pp. 67-82. ISSN 1875-4791, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00639-8.
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We propose a robot-mediated therapy and assessment system for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) of mild to moderate severity and minimal verbal capabilities. The objectives of the robot interaction sessions is to improve the academic capabilities of ASD patients by increasing the length and the quality of their attention. The system uses a NAO robot and an added mobile display to present emotional cues and solicit appropriate emotional responses. The interaction is semi-autonomous with minimal human intervention. Interaction occurs within an adaptive dynamic scenario composed of 13 sections. The scenario allows adaptive customization based on the attention score history of each patient. The attention score is autonomously generated by the system and depends on face attention and joint attention cues and sound responses. The scoring system allows us to prove that the customized interaction system increases the engagement and attention capabilities of ASD patients. After performing a pilot study, involving 6 ASD children, out of a total of 11 considered in the clinical setup, we conducted a long-term study. This study empirically proves that the proposed assessment system represents the attention state of the patient with 82.4% accuracy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Zayed Health Center |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Autism; Robotics; Assessment; Attention; Therapy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology > Department of Artificial Intelligence |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2022 01:51 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2022 01:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/28062 |
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