Robot-Assisted Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders with (Partially) Autonomous Control: Challenges and Outlook

Thill Serge; Pop Cristina A; Belpaeme Tony; Ziemke Tom; Vanderborght Bram

doi:10.2478/s13230-013-0107-7

Paladyn (Dec 2012)

Robot-Assisted Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders with (Partially) Autonomous Control: Challenges and Outlook

Thill Serge,
Pop Cristina A,
Belpaeme Tony,
Ziemke Tom,
Vanderborght Bram

Affiliations

Thill Serge: Interaction Lab, Informatics Research Centre, University of Skövde Högskolevägen, 54128 Skövde, Sweden
Pop Cristina A: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University 37, Republicii Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Belpaeme Tony: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan, 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ziemke Tom: Interaction Lab, Informatics Research Centre, University of Skövde Högskolevägen, 54128 Skövde, Sweden
Vanderborght Bram: School of Computing, Communications and Electronics, University of Plymouth Portland Square A318, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13230-013-0107-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 209 – 217

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Robot-assisted therapy (RAT) is an emerging field that has already seen some success and is likely to develop in the future. One particular application area is within therapies for autism spectrum disorders, in which the viability of the approach has been demonstrated.

Published in Paladyn

ISSN: 2081-4836 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/pjbr/html

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