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| + | <u>'''Article:'''</u> [http://www.et.byu.edu/groups/tilar/mobile_robots.PDF Exploring the Use of a Mobile Robot as an Imitation Agent with Children with Low-Functioning Autism] by Audrey Duquette, François Michaud, and Henri Mercier | ||
| + | <u>'''Introduction to paper:'''</u> | ||
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| + | One non-verbal and one pre-verbal child was paired up with a robot, and one non-verbal and one pre-verbal child was paired up with a human mediator. Both human and robot performed the same exercises with the children. Children showed more shared attention with the robot mediator. Pre-verbal children were better in respect to shared conventions (i.e. imitating the mediator's expressions). | ||
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| + | <u>'''Application to personal research:'''</u> | ||
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| + | According to this information, children with ASD might more readily look at Pleo than a human, but will probably be able to imitate the M.E. Department's humanoid robot better than they'll be able to imitate Pleo. | ||
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| + | <u>'''Questions:'''</u> | ||
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| + | * Do children with ASD realize how their bodies are shaped similar to other humans and humanoid robots even if they don't recognize other humans as more than just objects? | ||
| + | * How hard will it be for them to make the connection that a leg on Pleo is similar to their own leg? (I assume these all depend on their level of ASD) | ||
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| + | <u>'''Additional notes from paper:'''</u> | ||
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| + | * '''Robots''' are good because they're interesting to children, and yet controllable by a therapist | ||
| + | * Autistic children prefer '''animated objects''' over inanimate ones (ex. robot vs. toy truck) | ||
| + | * 6 parts of '''familiarization''' stage: present but powered-down, lit-up but not moving, moving but not near child, moving near child, touching child, fully-animated and vocalizing. | ||
| + | * '''Shared focused attention''': two individuals focusing attention on each other | ||
| + | * '''Shared conventions''': imitating each other "with the purpose of sharing and communicating" | ||
| + | * Once children learned that the robot was controlled by someone, they wanted to interact more with that person (they realized the source of control) | ||
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