Interactive robots for communication-care: A case-study in autism therapy

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 341-346

  Kozima, Hideki ^a   Nakagawa, Cocoro ^a   Yasuda, Yuriko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Omihachiman City Day Care Center for Children with Special Needs   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Child development; Longitudinal observation; Social interaction; Therapeutic application

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL OBSERVATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745851387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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