Towards Development of Biomechatronic Tools for Early Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Author

Campolo, Domenico ; Molteni, Massimo ; Guglielmelli, Eugenio ; Keller, Flavio ; Laschi, Cecilia ; Dario, Paolo

Author_Institution

Biomed. Robotics & EMC Lab., Univ. Campus Bio-Medico, Roma

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

3242

Lastpage

3245

Abstract

This paper introduces Neurodevelopmental Engineering, a new interdisciplinary research area at the intersection of developmental neuroscience and bioengineering. Specifically, it presents current results of the design and development process of a set of instrumented toys equipped with a variety of sensors for behavioral analysis of infants in minimally structured environmental conditions. First the multidisciplinary design approach is presented, then the detailed functional and technical specifications of the proposed biomechatronic toys and of their scenarios of use are described. Finally, a clear picture of ongoing implementation of the proposed technology is provided together with preliminary results of verification tests

Keywords

biomedical engineering; mechatronics; neurophysiology; paediatrics; patient diagnosis; bioengineering; biomechatronic toys; neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis; Autism; Biomechatronics; Biomedical engineering; Humans; Mechatronics; Neuroscience; Pediatrics; Robots; Testing; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260499

Filename

4462488