A Multisensorial Socially Assistive Robot for Therapies with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome Using Serious Games

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2024年

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J. A. C. Panceri,
E.V.S. Freitas,
S.L. Schreider,
J.C. Souza,
E.M.O. Caldeira,
T.F. Bastos-Filho

摘要

Much of the data obtained by health professionals for diagnosis and therapies applied to children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Down Syndrome (DS) depend on visual observations and interviews with family members and clinical assessments. Therefore, the use of sensors has the potential of complementing this process by generating quantitative data. This work demonstrates that the use of sensors embedded in a Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) developed at UFES/Brazil, termed Mobile Autonomous Robot for Interaction with Autistics and Trisomy 21 (MARIA T21), can be used as a centralized tool to quantify more objective measures of children’s spatial, postural and social behavior during the interaction with the robot through Serious Games (SG) projected on the floor by the robot. The information generated can help therapists in the application of more efficient therapies, as well as monitor the evolution of the children submitted to the protocol with the robot. The results demonstrates the feasibility of using these sensors and evidence the requirements to be evolved.