Exploration of communication assistance for ASD children by adjusting human-likeness of tele-operated robot

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25540105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent informatics
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: MATSUMOTO YOSHIO 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 知能システム研究部門, 研究グループ長 (00314534)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIKAWA Yuichiro 大阪大学, 大学院基礎工学研究科, 准教授 (60418530) ; KUMAZAKI Hirokazu (70445336) ; WAKITA Yujin 産業技術総合研究所, 知能システム研究部門, 主任研究員 (90358367)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYAO Masutomo 国立成育医療研究センター, こころの診療部, 医師 (70120061)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 人型ロボット / アンドロイド / ASD / 自閉症 / 対話 / 視線 / アイコンタクト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

ASD patients are known to have difficulties in interacting with other people, and to avoid eye-contact. In this research, we aim to develop a therapeutic method to assist ASD patients, especially ASD children. Firstly, an experiment to investigate what types of robots are liked by ASD children was conducted. Then it was confirmed whether eye-contact can be made between robots and ASD children. As experimental results, it was implied that android robot is easy for ASD children to make eye-contact with.

Free Research Field

ロボット工学