TY - GEN
T1 - Advantages of indirect conversation via a desktop humanoid robot
T2 - 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016
AU - Shimaya, Jiro
AU - Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
AU - Matsumoto, Yoshio
AU - Kumazaki, Hirokazu
AU - Ishiguro, Hiroshi
AU - Mimura, Masaru
AU - Miyao, Masutomo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/15
Y1 - 2016/11/15
N2 - We conducted a pilot experiment to examine the potential of a communication robot for supporting verbal interaction among adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their caregivers. Three teenagers with ASD indirectly conversed with their teacher via a desktop humanoid robot for around 40 min on average per day. In this situation, they showed some positive tendencies such as non-echolalic responses and talk about problems related to human relationships; they had not shown such tendencies before when they directly talked with their teacher in their daily life. During the trials, they also showed changes in their attitudes toward their teachers and friends; this implies that individuals with ASD could use their experience of communication with a robot for communication with a human. A quantitative analysis of the utterances in the trials suggested that reduced utterances from a caregiver might positively influence individuals with ASD toward sharing more information.
AB - We conducted a pilot experiment to examine the potential of a communication robot for supporting verbal interaction among adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their caregivers. Three teenagers with ASD indirectly conversed with their teacher via a desktop humanoid robot for around 40 min on average per day. In this situation, they showed some positive tendencies such as non-echolalic responses and talk about problems related to human relationships; they had not shown such tendencies before when they directly talked with their teacher in their daily life. During the trials, they also showed changes in their attitudes toward their teachers and friends; this implies that individuals with ASD could use their experience of communication with a robot for communication with a human. A quantitative analysis of the utterances in the trials suggested that reduced utterances from a caregiver might positively influence individuals with ASD toward sharing more information.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745215
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745215
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85002661894
T3 - 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016
SP - 831
EP - 836
BT - 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 26 August 2016 through 31 August 2016
ER -