Paper Info
Title
Robots as embodied beings - interactionally sensitive body movements in interactions among autistic children and a robot
Abstract
The general context of the work presented in this paper is assistive robotics with our long-term aim to support children with autism. This paper is part of an investigation into what ways and to what extent a robot can assume the role of a social mediator - encouraging autistic children to interact with the robot, with each other and with co-present adults. The article provides a case study evaluation of segments of trials where four children with autism interacted with a robot as well as with each other. It focuses primarily on the ways in which the autistic children were found to skilfully orientate and re- orientate their bodies in a way that was sensitive to the activities of the adult (such as requests and adjustments to the robot), the robot (its position and movement) and another child. Results are presented using an analysis of interaction informed by conversation analytic principles. The analysis showed how the children exhibited interaction skills where the robot served as a salient object mediating joint attention with other children.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513756
RO-MAN
Keywords
Field
DocType
handicapped aids,intelligent robots,man-machine systems,assistive robotics,autism,autistic children,interactionally sensitive body movements,robot-human interaction
Robot learning,Autism,Social robot,Conversation,Joint attention,Simulation,Computer science,Personal robot,Embodied cognition,Robot
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7803-9274-4
15
2.79
References 
Authors
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ben Robins136738.14
Paul Dickerson213110.79
Kerstin Dautenhahn33124347.57