Considerations in Autism therapy using robotics

Author

Bharatharaj, Jaishankar ; Senthil Kumar, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sci. & Eng., Univ. Autonoma De Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

fYear

2013

fDate

4-6 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Extensive research has been carried out to luxuries the human life using robotic and artificial intelligence technologies while only few of them focus on improvising the social life of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Understanding the serious effects of Autism to the posterity, United Nations General Assembly has declared 2^nd April as World Autism Awareness Day on 21^st January 2008 [1]. Utmost expectation of any technology is to help the mankind. Hence, this paper discusses the possibilities of using Robotic tool for treating physical rehabilitation, Learning and Social interaction of Children diagnosed with ASD. This paper also discusses the psychological, physiological and social interaction difficulties faced by the subject with ASD.

Keywords

learning (artificial intelligence); medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; physiology; psychology; social sciences computing; ASD; United Nations General Assembly; World Autism Awareness Day; artificial intelligence technologies; autism spectrum disorder; autism therapy; human life; learning; physical rehabilitation; physiological interaction; psychological interaction; robotics; social interaction; social life; Autism; Educational institutions; Pediatrics; Robot sensing systems; Variable speed drives; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autism therapy; BCI; Human Robot Interaction; Modular Robotics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Communications and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT),2013 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tiruchengode

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3925-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCNT.2013.6726798

Filename

6726798