Development of a robotic device for facilitating learning by children who have severe disabilities

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-187

  Cook, Albert M ^a   Meng, Max Q H ^a   Gu, Jason J ^b   Howery, Kathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies; Computer assisted learning in children with disabilities; Physical disabilities; Play and disabilities; Rehabilitation robotics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

LANGUAGE SKILLS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTION TEST; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MICROMANIPULATOR; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036763502     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2002.802877     Document Type: Article

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