| 研究開始時の研究の概要 |
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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| 研究実績の概要 |
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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