Detailed requirements for robots in autism therapy

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2595-2602

  Giullian, Nicole ^a   Ricks, Daniel ^a   Atherton, Alan ^a   Colton, Mark ^a   Goodrich, Michael ^a   Brinton, Bonnie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; FLEXIBLE USER INTERFACES; HUMAN INTERFACE; HUMANOID ROBOT;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; CYBERNETICS; ROBOTICS; USER INTERFACES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 78751495148     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5641908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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