Robot music therapy for effective social training of ASD children
| Project/Area Number |
17K18178
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Childhood science (childhood environment science)
Clinical psychology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
COSENTINO SARAH 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授(任期付) (80770726)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | music therapy / child psychology / autism / assistive robotics / Hardware / Software / visual recognition / robotics / musical robot / Robot / Music therapy / Autism / Child development |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project objective was to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of using a musical robot for music social therapy for ASD children. The training protocols and systems have been developed and tested with non-disabled and disabled young adults and children, to confirm their effectiveness and usability. The developed systems and protocols proved to be effective and easy-to-use. The use of a musical robot for social training of ASD children might be very cost-effective and reduce the logistic and financial burdens of individual social therapy, in the long term. Training data can also be stored in the robot, then accessed by a professional therapist to evaluate the evolution of the ASD subject over a training intervention.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The results are very important: automated, adaptive systems for individual ASD therapy would reduce the stress of the therapeutic sessions, and also enable therapists to follow more patients.
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Research Products
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