Paper Info
Title
Developing Interaction Scenarios with a Humanoid Robot to Encourage Visual Perspective Taking Skills in Children with Autism - Preliminary Proof of Concept Tests.
Abstract
The study described in this article is part of our contribution to the Horizon 2020 Babyrobot project, where we have created different play scenarios for children with autism to playfully explore elements that are important in developing Visual Perspective Taking (VPT) skills. Individuals with autism often have difficulty with Theory of Mind (TOM) and the understanding that other individuals have their own thoughts, beliefs, plans and perspectives. Visual Perspective Taking is the ability to view the world from another individual's perspective, e.g. understanding that other individuals have a different line of sight to oneself, and also understanding that two or more people viewing the same object from different points in space might see different things. It is believed that TOM and VPT may share common cognitive processes. Our study aims to help children with autism develop their VPT skills using the Kaspar robot. Using a robot to teach children about VPT has a distinct advantage in the fact that what the robot can see can be shown directly to the children using the cameras in the robot's eyes and a screen to show the robot's perspective. This article presents the preliminary test of these concepts during interaction sessions with children. It also presents the testing and further development of the play scenarios specifically in aspects related to VPT.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_15
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
Field
DocType
Robot assisted therapy,Visual Perspective Taking (VPT),Autism
Autism,Developmental psychology,Theory of mind,Cognitive psychology,Psychology,Proof of concept,Cognition,Perspective (graphical),Humanoid robot
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
10652
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ben Robins136738.14
Kerstin Dautenhahn23124347.57
Luke Jai Wood3204.38
Abolfazl Zaraki4599.20