Mapping Robots to Therapy and Educational Objectives for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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The aim of this study was to increase knowledge on therapy and educational objectives professionals work on with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to identify corresponding state of the art robots. Focus group sessions (n = 9) with ASD professionals (n = 53) from nine organisations were carried out to create an objectives overview, followed by a systematic literature study to identify state of the art robots matching these objectives. Professionals identified many ASD objectives (n = 74) in 9 different domains. State of the art robots addressed 24 of these objectives in 8 domains. Robots can potentially be applied to a large scope of objectives for children with ASD. This objectives overview functions as a base to guide development of robot interventions for these children.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Huijnen, C.A.G.J. Lexis, M.A.S. Jansens, R. de Witte, L.P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-2640
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords:	Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Children; Therapy and education objectives; Robots
Dates:	Published: June 2016 Published (online): 24 February 2016
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2016 11:40
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2016 11:45
Published Version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2740-6
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1007/s10803-016-2740-6
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107411

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