Use of lean robotic communication to improve social response of children with autism

Talaei-Khoei, A; Lewis, L; Kaul, M; Daniel, J; Sharma, R

Use of lean robotic communication to improve social response of children with autism

Talaei-Khoei, A Lewis, L Kaul, M Daniel, J

Sharma, R

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Citation:: AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation, 2017, 2017-August
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Talaei-Khoei, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lewis, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kaul, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Daniel, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8668-2502	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sharma, R	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation, 2017, 2017-August	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780996683142	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/114829
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 AIS/ICIS Administrative Office. All Rights Reserved. In light of inconclusive results reported in the literature on the benefits of using robots to foster social skills in autistic children, this paper assesses the use of robots with no facial expressions to create basic structured communication with autistic children. We address the complexity of communication when autistic children cannot understand the unintentional facial expressions of human instructors in training sessions. The paper reports 19 training sessions of a mild autistic child interacting with a humanoid robot with approximate duration of 20 minutes each. It was observed that during these 19 sessions, the child improved his responses to the directives given by the robot. The paper discusses the results in terms of the implications for professionals in the field. Further, the study serves as a proof of concept for future contributions to media richness theory.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation	en_US
dc.title	Use of lean robotic communication to improve social response of children with autism	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	2017-August	en_US
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Systems, Management and Leadership
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	2017-August	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 AIS/ICIS Administrative Office. All Rights Reserved. In light of inconclusive results reported in the literature on the benefits of using robots to foster social skills in autistic children, this paper assesses the use of robots with no facial expressions to create basic structured communication with autistic children. We address the complexity of communication when autistic children cannot understand the unintentional facial expressions of human instructors in training sessions. The paper reports 19 training sessions of a mild autistic child interacting with a humanoid robot with approximate duration of 20 minutes each. It was observed that during these 19 sessions, the child improved his responses to the directives given by the robot. The paper discusses the results in terms of the implications for professionals in the field. Further, the study serves as a proof of concept for future contributions to media richness theory.

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