Applications of simple robots to encourage social receptiveness of adolescents with autism

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5072-5075

  Costa, Sandra ^a   Resende, Jorge ^a   Soares, Filomena Oliveira ^a   Ferreira, Manuel João ^a   Santos, Cristina P ^a   Moreira, Fátima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b APPACDM Associação de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão Com Deficiência Mental   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES;

AUTISM DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; LEGO MINDSTORMS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; VOICE COMMAND; YOUNG PEOPLES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 77950966711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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