Development and Field Trial of Treatment and Education Program for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder based on Small-party Conversation with Teleoperated Robots

• Project/Area Number: 15K12117
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshikawa Yuichiro 大阪大学, 基礎工学研究科, 准教授 (60418530)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 知能ロボット / 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / 社交不安障害 / 遠隔対話ロボット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the program of treatment and education for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to communicate with others was developed by using communication robots. The developed system was used to create experimental human-robot communication both in the field of the special care school for individuals with ASD and the controlled experiment. Through these experiments, it was suggested that the communication robots have a potential to be a communication partner to whom individuals with ASD exhibit nonverbal signals and disclose the secret that had not been disclosed to their caregivers. It was also suggested that it would be used for guiding individuals with ASD to do the same things to their caregiver.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Vanderbilt University(米国)
• [Journal Article] Eyeblink Synchrony in Multimodal Human-Android Interaction (2016)
  • Author(s): Kyohei Tatsukawa, Tamami Nakano, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Yuichiro Yoshikawa
  • Journal Title: Scientific Report Volume: 6 Pages: 1-8
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 複数体のロボットによる音声認識なし対話の可能性 (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉川雄一郎、石黒浩
  • Journal Title: 通信ソサイエティマガジン B-plus Volume: 39 Pages: 179-185
  • NAID: 130005172290
• [Journal Article] ロボットを用いたASD児の共同注視への介入効果についての予備的研究（中間報告） (2015)
  • Author(s): 熊崎博一、吉川雄一郎
  • Journal Title: Human Developmental Research 2015 Volume: 29 Pages: 169-174
• [Journal Article] アンドロイドによる医療支援の可能性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中江 文、吉川 雄一郎、住岡 英信、柴田 政彦、力石 武信、石黒 浩
  • Journal Title: 整形・災害外科 Volume: 58 Pages: 1057-1061
• [Presentation] 未熟なロボットについての認知は子についての養育者の認知のモデルとなるか (2017)
  • Author(s): 吉川雄一郎
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第28回大会
  • Place of Presentation: JMSアステールプラザ（広島県・広島市）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-27
• [Presentation] Android Counselor -- Does self-disclosure to android reduce anxiety feeling? -- (2016)
  • Author(s): Takahisa Uchida, Hideyuki Takahashi, Midori Ban, Jiro Shimaya, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, and Hiroshi Ishiguro.
  • Organizer: The 3rd Internatinoal Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: 千里ライフサイエンスセンター（大阪府・豊中市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 小型ロボットを用いた自閉スペクトラム症児へのノンバーバルなインタラクション改善効果についての予備的研究 (2016)
  • Author(s): 熊崎博一, 吉川雄一郎, 松本吉央, 石黒浩, 三邉義雄, 菊知充
  • Organizer: 第5回発達神経科学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学（東京都・文京区）１
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-26
• [Presentation] Advantages of Indirect conversation via a Desktop Humanoid Robot: Case Study on Daily Life Guidance for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2016)
  • Author(s): Jiro Shimaya, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Masutomo Miyao, Hirokazu Kumazaki, Mitsuko Nakano, and Hiroshi Ishiguro.
  • Organizer: 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: New York (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Mind perception: from simple shapes to social agents (2016)
  • Author(s): Eyssel, F., Schiffhauer, B., Dalla Libera, F., Yoshikawa, Y., Zotowski, J., Wullenkord, R., & Ishiguro, H
  • Organizer: 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: New York (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 自閉スペクトラム症児へのヒト型ロボットを用いたコミュニケーション訓練法についての検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 熊崎博一，松本吉央，吉川雄一郎, 宮尾益知, 小坂浩隆,友田明美, 中野三津子，前田貴記,村松太郎，三村將
  • Organizer: 日本精神神経学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ（千葉県・千葉市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-02
• [Presentation] 対話するロボットの集団に人が入るとき (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉川雄一郎
  • Organizer: 日本赤ちゃん学会第１６回学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 同志社大学（京都府・京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-21
• [Presentation] Robot-Mediated Interventions for Social Anxiety in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2016)
  • Author(s): H. Kumazaki, Y. Yoshikawa, Y. Matsumoto, M. Miyao, H. Ishiguro, T. Muramatsu and M. Mimura
  • Organizer: 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Baltimore (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Attempt of Training Basic-Set of Communication with Small Humanoid Robot for Autism Spectrum Disorder (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Onishi, Y. Yoshikawa, H. Kumazaki, Y. Matsumoto and H. Ishiguro
  • Organizer: 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Baltimore (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Advantages of Robot-Assisted Counseling: Can Caregivers Better Address the Concerns of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders Via a Small Humanoid Robot? (2016)
  • Author(s): J. Shimaya, Y. Yoshikawa, M. Miyao, Y. Matsumoto, H. Kumazaki, M. Nakano and H. Ishigur
  • Organizer: 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Baltimore (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Possibility of Humanoid robot for Treatment and Education of Eye-gaze Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuichio Yoshikawa; Hirokazu Kumazaki; Yoshio Matsumoto; Takako Onishi; Hiroshi Ishiguro; Masutomo Miyao.
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Intervention of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a Humanoid Robot (ASD-HR 2015) associated with JSAI International Symposia on AI 2015 (IsAI-2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Yagami / Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Intervention for children with social anxiety with autism spectrum disorders. (2015)
  • Author(s): Hirokazu Kumazak; Yuichiro Yoshikawa; Yoshio Matsumoto; Akemi Tomoda; Masutomo Miyao; Hiroshi Ishiguro; Taro Muramatsu; Masaru Mimura.
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Intervention of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a Humanoid Robot (ASD-HR 2015) associated with JSAI International Symposia on AI 2015 (IsAI-2015).
  • Place of Presentation: Yagami / Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Teachers' impressions on robots for therapeutic applications. (2015)
  • Author(s): Sumioka, H., Yoshikawa, Y., Wada, Y., Ishiguro, H.,
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Intervention of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a Humanoid Robot (ASD-HR 2015) associated with JSAI International Symposia on AI 2015 (IsAI-2015).
  • Place of Presentation: Yagami / Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 自閉スペクトラム症児（ASD 児）におけるコミュニケーション改善の試み Ⅲ (2015)
  • Author(s): 宮尾 益知、熊崎 博一 、吉川 雄一郎 、松本 吉央 、石黒 浩
  • Organizer: 第56回日本児童青年精神医学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-30
• [Presentation] 自閉スペクトラム症児への複数ロボットを用いた療育に向けての試み (2015)
  • Author(s): 大西 貴子、熊崎 博一、吉川 雄一郎、松本 吉央、新井 清義、小坂 浩隆、友田 明美、平谷 美智夫、石黒 浩
  • Organizer: 第56回日本児童青年精神医学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-30
• [Presentation] 自閉スペクトラム症児へのヒューマノイドを用いた対話訓練法の確立 (2015)
  • Author(s): 熊崎 博一、吉川 雄一郎、松本 吉央、根本 彩紀子、水島 栄、藤澤 隆史、小坂 浩隆、友田 明美、中野 三津子、石黒 浩、宮尾 益知
  • Organizer: 第56回日本児童青年精神医学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-30
• [Presentation] 人に酷似したロボットの視線誘導に対する自閉スペクトラム症児の反応の調査 (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉川 雄一郎，松本 吉央，熊崎 博一，根本 彩紀子，中野 三津子，石黒 浩、宮尾 益知
  • Organizer: 第56回日本児童青年精神医学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-30
• [Presentation] 人と対話するロボットに対するASD児の非言語的反応について (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉川雄一郎
  • Organizer: 発達神経科学学会 第４回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学会館（大阪府豊中市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-06
• [Presentation] 人と関わりやすいロボットとは (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉川雄一郎
  • Organizer: The 17th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: Beppu International Convention Center, Beppu, Oita, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-18
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] HRI改善のための整理指標センシングに関する検討 (2015)
  • Author(s): Watanabe Yushi/Yushi Watanabe, Yutaka Nakamura, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro
  • Organizer: ロボティクスメカトロニクス講演会２０１５
  • Place of Presentation: 京都市勧業館「みやこめっせ」(京都府・京都市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-17
• [Presentation] Possibility of Android for Training Eye-Gaze Behavior of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders. (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuichiro Yoshikawa and Yoshio Matsumoto
  • Organizer: WPA Regional Congress Osaka Japan 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka International Convention Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Positive Bias for Eye Contact in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders during COnversation with an Andoroid Robot. (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hirokazu Kumazaki, Yoshio Matsumoto, Yujin Wakita, Sakae Mizushima, Sakiko Nemoto, Masutomo Miyao, Mitsuko Nakano, Masaru Mimura, and Hiroshi Ishiguro.
  • Organizer: International meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Can Robotic Interaction Improve Nonvrebal Communication and Social Anxiety of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders? (2015)
  • Author(s): Hirokazu Kumazaki, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Yoshio Matsumoto, Sakae Mizushima, T. X. Fujisawa, H. Kosaka, A. Tomoda, Sakiko Nemoto, Mitsuko Nakano, Masutomo Miyao, T. Maeda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, T. Muramatsu, and Masaru Mimura.
  • Organizer: International meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-13
  • Int'l Joint Research