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Evaluating the Child–Robot Interaction of the NAOTherapist Platform in Pediatric Rehabilitation

Evaluating the Child–Robot Interaction of the NAOTherapist Platform in Pediatric Rehabilitation NAOTherapist is a cognitive robotic architecture whose main goal is to develop non-contact upper-limb rehabilitation sessions autonomously with a social robot for patients with physical impairments. In order to achieve a fluent interaction and an active engagement with the patients, the system should be able to adapt by itself in accordance with the perceived environment. In this paper, we describe the interaction mechanisms that are necessary to supervise and help the patient to carry out the prescribed exercises correctly. We also provide an evaluation focused on the child-robot interaction of the robotic platform with a large number of schoolchildren and the experience of a first contact with three pediatric rehabilitation patients. The results presented are obtained through questionnaires, video analysis and system logs, and have proven to be consistent with the hypotheses proposed in this work. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Social Robotics Springer Journals

Evaluating the Child–Robot Interaction of the NAOTherapist Platform in Pediatric Rehabilitation

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Subject
Engineering; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
ISSN
1875-4791
eISSN
1875-4805
DOI
10.1007/s12369-017-0402-2
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Abstract

NAOTherapist is a cognitive robotic architecture whose main goal is to develop non-contact upper-limb rehabilitation sessions autonomously with a social robot for patients with physical impairments. In order to achieve a fluent interaction and an active engagement with the patients, the system should be able to adapt by itself in accordance with the perceived environment. In this paper, we describe the interaction mechanisms that are necessary to supervise and help the patient to carry out the prescribed exercises correctly. We also provide an evaluation focused on the child-robot interaction of the robotic platform with a large number of schoolchildren and the experience of a first contact with three pediatric rehabilitation patients. The results presented are obtained through questionnaires, video analysis and system logs, and have proven to be consistent with the hypotheses proposed in this work.

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International Journal of Social Robotics – Springer Journals

Published: Apr 8, 2017

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