TY - JOUR
T1 - Roles, Strengths and Challenges of Using Robots in Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
AU - Huijnen, Claire A. G. J.
AU - Lexis, Monique A. S.
AU - Jansens, Rianne
AU - de Witte, Luc P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been funded by a grant of the RAAK-PRO programme of SIA (“Stichting Innovatie Alliantie”) for the project “Social robots in care” (project number PRO-4-10). With this programme, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science aim to stimulate collaboration between public and private organisation. We are thankful for Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn and Dr. Ben Robins from the Adaptive Systems Group at the University of Hertfordshire (UK) who kindly provided us with a KASPAR platform to be used in this project. Moreover, we are grateful for the participation of the many participants in this study; they are warmly thanked for their dedication and involvement.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - The aim of this research was to study roles, strengths and challenges of robot-mediated interventions using robot KASPAR for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Twelve focus group sessions were organized in which 70 ASD care and/or education professionals participated. Six roles for KASPAR were identified: provoker, reinforcer, trainer, mediator, prompter, and diagnostic information provider. Strengths of KASPAR are related to personalisation possibilities, its playfulness, the action-reaction principle, its neutral expression, consistent and repetitive application of actions, possibilities to vary behaviour in a controlled manner and having an extra hand. Challenges of working with KASPAR were: limited reaction possibilities, possibility of children being scared of KASPAR, difficulties with generalisation or transfer and finally potential dependence on KASPAR.
AB - The aim of this research was to study roles, strengths and challenges of robot-mediated interventions using robot KASPAR for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Twelve focus group sessions were organized in which 70 ASD care and/or education professionals participated. Six roles for KASPAR were identified: provoker, reinforcer, trainer, mediator, prompter, and diagnostic information provider. Strengths of KASPAR are related to personalisation possibilities, its playfulness, the action-reaction principle, its neutral expression, consistent and repetitive application of actions, possibilities to vary behaviour in a controlled manner and having an extra hand. Challenges of working with KASPAR were: limited reaction possibilities, possibility of children being scared of KASPAR, difficulties with generalisation or transfer and finally potential dependence on KASPAR.
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Robot
KW - KASPAR
KW - ASD
KW - Children
KW - Robot mediated intervention
KW - HUMANOID ROBOT
KW - TECHNOLOGY
KW - PLAY
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-018-3683-x
DO - 10.1007/s10803-018-3683-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 30019273
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 49
SP - 11
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 1
ER -