Online Affect Detection and Robot Behavior Adaptation for Intervention of Children With Autism

Abstract--Investigation into robot-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has gained momentum in recent years. Therapists involved in interventions must overcome the communication impairments generally exhibited by children with ASD by adeptly inferring the affective cues of the children to adjust the intervention accordingly. Similarly, a robot must also be able to understand the affective needs of these children--an ability that the current robot-assisted ASD intervention systems lack-to achieve effective interaction that addresses the role of affective states in human

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: TROB
• Authors: Changchun Liu, Karla Conn, Nilanjan Sarkar, Wendy Stone
• Keywords: Affective, ASD Intervention, Robot-assisted Intervention, TROB 2008