IQ level assessment methodology in robotic intervention with children with autism

This paper presents the assessment methodology to investigate relationship between Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of children with autism and their respective initial response during robotic intervention, compared to normal classroom interaction. Autism is a brain developmental disorder that leads to the irregular behavior in three common aspects; repetitive stereotyped behavior, communication difficulties, and social interaction. This research introduced robot in humanoid form as assistive tool in child-robot intervention program to investigate the relationship between IQ levels with response of the children in the robot interaction sessions. The Robot-Based Intervention Program (RBIP) is introduced to facilitate the experimental process. The autistic children interact with the robot and completing the interaction modules that has been designed and developed for them which is aimed to reduce the present of autism characteristic and behavior.