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Robotic Playmates

Analysing Interactive Competencies of Children with Autism Playing with a Mobile Robot

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This chapter discusses two analysis techniques that are being used in order to study how children with autism interact with an autonomous, mobile and ‘social’ robot in a social setting that also involves adults. A quantitative technique based on micro-behaviours is outlined. The second technique, Conversation Analysis, provides a qualitative and more detailed investigation of the sequential order, local context a nd social situatedness of interaction a nd communication competencies of children with autism. Preliminary results indicate the facilitating role of the robot and its potential to be used in autism therapy.

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Dautenhahn, K., Werry, I., Rae, J., Dickerson, P., Stribling, P., Ogden, B. (2002). Robotic Playmates. In: Dautenhahn, K., Bond, A., Cañamero, L., Edmonds, B. (eds) Socially Intelligent Agents. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47373-9_14

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