Robot-assisted Training for Facilitating Prosocial Behaviors of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

机器人辅助训练促进自闭症谱系障碍儿童的亲社会行为

• 批准号: 20J11008
• 负责人: Kim SunKyoung
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: University of Tsukuba
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2020-04-24 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20J11008/
• 关键词: autism; NAO robot; smile; prosocial behavior; wearable device; electromyogram; parental intervention; probabilistic model; robot-assisted therapy

The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of personalized robot-assisted training for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This research explored how to provide feedback to individual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a robot. In particular, we investigated how to maintain each child's engagement during the training. We explored potential key factors in predicting behaviors toward a robot using video observation and a physiological signal-based method. This research found that voluntary prosocial behaviors occurred after smiling at and being closer to the robot. Based on the findings, we could predict prosocial behavior by detecting smiling with a probabilistic model. Additionally, we investigated involuntary behaviors toward a robot. When a child turned away from the robot, verbal feedback from a parent was effective to make the child reinitiate the interaction. It suggests that the smiling of a child might indicate inner motivation to engage with a robot. In contrast, when a child is not self-motivated to interact with a robot, parental feedback can be helpful to maintain engagement.

本研究的目的是探索个性化机器人辅助训练治疗自闭症谱系障碍儿童的潜力。这项研究探索了如何使用机器人向患有自闭症谱系障碍的个别儿童提供反馈。特别是，我们调查了如何在培训期间保持每个孩子的参与度。我们探索了使用视频观察和基于生理信号的方法来预测机器人行为的潜在关键因素。这项研究发现，在对机器人微笑并靠近机器人后，会出现自愿的亲社会行为。基于这一发现，我们可以通过概率模型检测微笑来预测亲社会行为。此外，我们还调查了机器人的非自愿行为。当孩子离开机器人时，来自父母的口头反馈有效地让孩子重新启动互动。它表明，孩子的微笑可能表明了与机器人打交道的内在动机。相比之下，当孩子没有自我激励与机器人互动时，父母的反馈可能有助于保持参与度。

项目成果

Parental Influence in Disengagement during Robot-Assisted Activities: A Case Study of a Parent and Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

机器人辅助活动期间父母对脱离接触的影响：患有自闭症谱系障碍的父母和孩子的案例研究

• DOI: 10.3390/mti6050039
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: SunKyoung Kim;Masakazu Hirokawa;Atsushi Funahashi;Kenji Suzuki
• 通讯作者: Kenji Suzuki