Incorporating a robot into an autism therapy team

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Goodrich, Michael A ^a   Colton, Mark ^b   Brinton, Bonnie ^a   Fujiki, Martin ^a   Atherton, J Alan ^a   Robinson, Lee ^a   Ricks, Daniel ^b   Maxfield, Margaret Hansen ^c   Acerson, Aersta ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Air Force Flight Test Center ^*  (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Alpine School District   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; assistive robotics; autism therapy; human agent robot team

Indexed keywords

ASD; ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; AUTISM THERAPY; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; HUMAN-AGENT-ROBOT TEAM; INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY; LOW DOSE;

DISEASES; USER INTERFACES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84862228547     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2012.40     Document Type: Article

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