Trends and considerations in robot-assisted autism therapy

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4354-4359

  Ricks, Daniel J ^a   Colton, Mark B ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 77955798381     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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