Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder

Autores
Valadão, Carlos Torturella; Goulart, Christiane; Rivera, Hamilton; Caldeira, Eliete; Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire; Frizera-Neto, Anselmo; Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar
Año de publicación
2016
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artículo
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versión publicada
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Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a set of developmental disorders that imply in poor social skills, lack of interest in activities and interaction with people. Treatments rely on teaching social skills and in such therapies robotics may offer aid. This work is a pilot study, which aims to show the development and usage of a ludic mobile robot for stimulating social skills in ASD children. Methods: A mobile robot with a special costume and a monitor to display multimedia contents was designed to interact with ASD children. A mediator controls the robot’s movements in a room prepared for interactive sessions. Sessions are recorded to assess the following social skills: eye gazing, touching the robot and imitating the mediator. The interaction is evaluated using the Goal Attainment Scale and Likert scale. Ten children were evaluated (50% with ASD), using as inclusion criteria children with age 7-8, without use of medication, and without tendency to aggression or stereotyped movements. Results: It was observed that the ASD group touched the robot about twice more in average than the control group (CG). They also looked away and imitated the mediator in a quite similar way as the CG, and showed extra social skills (verbal and non-verbal communication). These results are considered an advance in terms of improvement of social skills in ASD children. Conclusions: Our studies indicate that the robot stimulated social skills in 4/5 of the ASD children, which shows that its concepts are useful to improve socialization and quality of life.
Fil: Valadão, Carlos Torturella. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Goulart, Christiane. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Rivera, Hamilton. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Caldeira, Eliete. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Frizera-Neto, Anselmo. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Juan; Argentina
Materia
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
SOCIAL ROBOTS
SOCIAL SKILLS
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spelling Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorderValadão, Carlos TorturellaGoulart, ChristianeRivera, HamiltonCaldeira, ElieteBastos Filho, Teodiano FreireFrizera-Neto, AnselmoCarelli Albarracin, Ricardo OscarASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGYAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERSOCIAL ROBOTSSOCIAL SKILLShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a set of developmental disorders that imply in poor social skills, lack of interest in activities and interaction with people. Treatments rely on teaching social skills and in such therapies robotics may offer aid. This work is a pilot study, which aims to show the development and usage of a ludic mobile robot for stimulating social skills in ASD children. Methods: A mobile robot with a special costume and a monitor to display multimedia contents was designed to interact with ASD children. A mediator controls the robot’s movements in a room prepared for interactive sessions. Sessions are recorded to assess the following social skills: eye gazing, touching the robot and imitating the mediator. The interaction is evaluated using the Goal Attainment Scale and Likert scale. Ten children were evaluated (50% with ASD), using as inclusion criteria children with age 7-8, without use of medication, and without tendency to aggression or stereotyped movements. Results: It was observed that the ASD group touched the robot about twice more in average than the control group (CG). They also looked away and imitated the mediator in a quite similar way as the CG, and showed extra social skills (verbal and non-verbal communication). These results are considered an advance in terms of improvement of social skills in ASD children. Conclusions: Our studies indicate that the robot stimulated social skills in 4/5 of the ASD children, which shows that its concepts are useful to improve socialization and quality of life.Fil: Valadão, Carlos Torturella. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Goulart, Christiane. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Rivera, Hamilton. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Caldeira, Eliete. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Frizera-Neto, Anselmo. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Juan; ArgentinaSociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica2016-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/55877Valadão, Carlos Torturella; Goulart, Christiane; Rivera, Hamilton; Caldeira, Eliete; Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire; et al.; Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder; Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica; Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Biomedica; 32; 2; 6-2016; 161-1751517-3151CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1590/2446-4740.01316info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://ref.scielo.org/t3zh4zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:57:10Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/55877instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:57:10.676CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
title Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
spellingShingle Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
Valadão, Carlos Torturella
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
SOCIAL ROBOTS
SOCIAL SKILLS
title_short Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
title_full Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
title_fullStr Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
title_sort Analysis of the use of a robot to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Valadão, Carlos Torturella
Goulart, Christiane
Rivera, Hamilton
Caldeira, Eliete
Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire
Frizera-Neto, Anselmo
Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar
author Valadão, Carlos Torturella
author_facet Valadão, Carlos Torturella
Goulart, Christiane
Rivera, Hamilton
Caldeira, Eliete
Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire
Frizera-Neto, Anselmo
Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar
author_role author
author2 Goulart, Christiane
Rivera, Hamilton
Caldeira, Eliete
Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire
Frizera-Neto, Anselmo
Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
SOCIAL ROBOTS
SOCIAL SKILLS
topic ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
SOCIAL ROBOTS
SOCIAL SKILLS
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a set of developmental disorders that imply in poor social skills, lack of interest in activities and interaction with people. Treatments rely on teaching social skills and in such therapies robotics may offer aid. This work is a pilot study, which aims to show the development and usage of a ludic mobile robot for stimulating social skills in ASD children. Methods: A mobile robot with a special costume and a monitor to display multimedia contents was designed to interact with ASD children. A mediator controls the robot’s movements in a room prepared for interactive sessions. Sessions are recorded to assess the following social skills: eye gazing, touching the robot and imitating the mediator. The interaction is evaluated using the Goal Attainment Scale and Likert scale. Ten children were evaluated (50% with ASD), using as inclusion criteria children with age 7-8, without use of medication, and without tendency to aggression or stereotyped movements. Results: It was observed that the ASD group touched the robot about twice more in average than the control group (CG). They also looked away and imitated the mediator in a quite similar way as the CG, and showed extra social skills (verbal and non-verbal communication). These results are considered an advance in terms of improvement of social skills in ASD children. Conclusions: Our studies indicate that the robot stimulated social skills in 4/5 of the ASD children, which shows that its concepts are useful to improve socialization and quality of life.
Fil: Valadão, Carlos Torturella. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Goulart, Christiane. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Rivera, Hamilton. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Caldeira, Eliete. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Bastos Filho, Teodiano Freire. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Frizera-Neto, Anselmo. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasil
Fil: Carelli Albarracin, Ricardo Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Juan; Argentina
description Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a set of developmental disorders that imply in poor social skills, lack of interest in activities and interaction with people. Treatments rely on teaching social skills and in such therapies robotics may offer aid. This work is a pilot study, which aims to show the development and usage of a ludic mobile robot for stimulating social skills in ASD children. Methods: A mobile robot with a special costume and a monitor to display multimedia contents was designed to interact with ASD children. A mediator controls the robot’s movements in a room prepared for interactive sessions. Sessions are recorded to assess the following social skills: eye gazing, touching the robot and imitating the mediator. The interaction is evaluated using the Goal Attainment Scale and Likert scale. Ten children were evaluated (50% with ASD), using as inclusion criteria children with age 7-8, without use of medication, and without tendency to aggression or stereotyped movements. Results: It was observed that the ASD group touched the robot about twice more in average than the control group (CG). They also looked away and imitated the mediator in a quite similar way as the CG, and showed extra social skills (verbal and non-verbal communication). These results are considered an advance in terms of improvement of social skills in ASD children. Conclusions: Our studies indicate that the robot stimulated social skills in 4/5 of the ASD children, which shows that its concepts are useful to improve socialization and quality of life.
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