Artificial intelligence enabled personalised assistive tools to enhance education of children with neurodevelopmental disorders—a review

PD Barua, J Vicnesh, R Gururajan, SL Oh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mental disorders (MDs) with onset in childhood or adolescence include
neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs)(intellectual disability and specific learning …

Robot applications for autism: a comprehensive review

MA Saleh, FA Hanapiah, H Hashim - Disability and Rehabilitation …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Technological advances in robotics have brought about exciting developments in
different areas such as education, training, and therapy. Recent research has suggested that …

Personalized machine learning for robot perception of affect and engagement in autism therapy

O Rudovic, J Lee, M Dai, B Schuller, RW Picard - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Robots have the potential to facilitate future therapies for children on the autism spectrum.
However, existing robots are limited in their ability to automatically perceive and respond to …

Trends and considerations in robot-assisted autism therapy

DJ Ricks, MB Colton - 2010 IEEE international conference on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent research suggests that children with autism exhibit certain positive social behaviors
while interacting with robots that are not observed while interacting with their peers …

CultureNet: a deep learning approach for engagement intensity estimation from face images of children with autism

O Rudovic, Y Utsumi, J Lee… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many children on autism spectrum have atypical behavioral expressions of engagement
compared to their neu-rotypical peers. In this paper, we investigate the performance of deep …

A robotic framework to facilitate sensory experiences for children with autism spectrum disorder: A preliminary study

H Javed, R Burns, M Jeon, AM Howard… - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children is commonly accompanied by
a diagnosis of sensory processing disorders. Abnormalities are usually reported in multiple …

End-user programming architecture facilitates the uptake of robots in social therapies

EI Barakova, JCC Gillesen, BEBM Huskens… - Robotics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an architecture that makes programming of robot behavior of an
arbitrary complexity possible for end-users and shows the technical solutions in a way that is …

Teachers and educators' experiences and perceptions of artificial-powered interventions for autism groups

G Li, MA Zarei, G Alibakhshi, A Labbafi - BMC psychology, 2024 - Springer
Background Artificial intelligence-powered interventions have emerged as promising tools to
support autistic individuals. However, more research must examine how teachers and …

Los robots sociales como promotores de la comunicación en los Trastornos del Espectro Autista (TEA)

V Pinel, LA Rendón, D Adrover-Roig - Letras de Hoje, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
La complejidad del Trastorno de Espectro Autista y sus posibles manifestaciones está
provocando que, durante las últimas décadas, se esté desarrollando un método de …

Using socially assistive robots in speech-language therapy for children with language impairments

M Spitale, S Silleresi, F Garzotto, MJ Matarić - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been shown to be promising therapy tools for children
with primary or co-occurring language impairments (eg, developmental language disorder …