Human-robot interaction in autism: FACE, an android-based social therapy

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 605-612

  Pioggia, G ^a,b   Sica, M L ^b   Ferro, M ^b   Igliozzi, R ^c   Muratori, F ^c   Ahluwalia, A ^b   De Rossi, D ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ROBOTICS;

CHILDREN WITH AUTISM (CWA); CLINICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL GROUP (EXPG); EXPERIMENTAL SET UPS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; FACIAL MOVEMENTS; HUMAN-ROBOT-INTERACTION (HRI); INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; ORIENTABLE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 48749087632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2007.4415156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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