| Project/Area Number |
20J11008
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 国内 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 09060:Special needs education-related
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
Kim SunKyoung 筑波大学, 図書館情報メディア系, 助教 (30936729)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-24 – 2022-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | autism / NAO robot / smile / prosocial behavior / wearable device / electromyogram / parental intervention / probabilistic model / robot-assisted therapy |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
The goal of this research is to suggest a new training method for each child with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In particular, this research is to investigate the potential of personalized interactions between a robot and a child based on smiles for teaching prosocial behaviors, such as helping others.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of personalized robot-assisted training for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This research explored how to provide feedback to individual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a robot. In particular, we investigated how to maintain each child's engagement during the training. We explored potential key factors in predicting behaviors toward a robot using video observation and a physiological signal-based method. This research found that voluntary prosocial behaviors occurred after smiling at and being closer to the robot. Based on the findings, we could predict prosocial behavior by detecting smiling with a probabilistic model. Additionally, we investigated involuntary behaviors toward a robot. When a child turned away from the robot, verbal feedback from a parent was effective to make the child reinitiate the interaction. It suggests that the smiling of a child might indicate inner motivation to engage with a robot. In contrast, when a child is not self-motivated to interact with a robot, parental feedback can be helpful to maintain engagement.
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| Research Progress Status |
令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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