Affect recognition in robot assisted rehabilitation of children with autism spectrum disorder

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1755-1760

  Liu, Changchun ^a   Conn, Karla ^a   Sarkar, Nilanjan ^a   Stone, Wendy ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective computing; Autism therapy; Human robot interaction; Physiological sensing; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD); AUTISM THERAPY; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 36348961296     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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