AnOpen-Source Social Robot Based on Compliant Soft Robotics for Therapy with Children with ASD

Therapy with robotic tools is a promising way to help improve verbal and nonverbal communication in children. The robotic tools are able to increase aspects such as eye contact and the ability to follow instructions and to empathize with others. This work presents the designmethodology, development,...

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Autores:: Casas Bocanegra, Diego
Gomez Vargas, Daniel
Pinto Bernal, Maria J.
Maldonado, Juan
Munera, Marcela
Villa Moreno, Adriana
Stoelen, Martin F
Belpaeme, Tony
Cifuentes, Carlos A.

Tipo de recurso:: Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:: 2020

Institución:: Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito

Repositorio:: Repositorio Institucional ECI

Idioma:: eng

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Summary:	Therapy with robotic tools is a promising way to help improve verbal and nonverbal communication in children. The robotic tools are able to increase aspects such as eye contact and the ability to follow instructions and to empathize with others. This work presents the designmethodology, development, and experimental validation of a novel social robot based on CompliAnt SofT Robotics called the CASTOR robot, which intends to be used as an open-source platform for the long-term therapy of children with autism spectrum disorder (CwASD). CASTOR integrates the concepts of soft actuators and compliant mechanisms to create a replicable robotic platform aimed at real therapy scenarios involving physical interaction between the children and the robot. The validation shows promisingresults in terms of robustness andthesafetyoftheuserandrobot. Likewise,mechanicaltests assess the robot’s response to blocking conditions for two critical modules (i.e., neck and arm) in interaction scenarios. Future works should focus on the validation of the robot’s effectiveness in the therapy of CwASD.

AnOpen-Source Social Robot Based on Compliant Soft Robotics for Therapy with Children with ASD

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