TY - GEN
T1 - Joint Attention using Human-Robot Interaction
T2 - 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016
AU - Chevalier, Pauline
AU - Martin, Jean Claude
AU - Isableu, Brice
AU - Bazile, Christophe
AU - Iacob, David Octavian
AU - Tapus, Adriana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/15
Y1 - 2016/11/15
N2 - Individuals suffering from Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have impaired skills in social communication and joint attention. In this paper, we explain how we designed and evaluated a Joint Attention (JA) task for individuals with ASD using the Nao humanoid robot. The interaction was tested in children and teenagers with ASD (N=11). Their proprioceptive and visual integration of cues were first assessed, with the hypothesis that individuals with an overreliance on proprioceptive cues and with a hyporeactivity to visual cues would have more difficulties conducting successful interactions with the robot. We observed that participants with an overreliance on proprioceptive cues and hyporeactivity to visual cues showed different behaviors in responding to joint attention. They followed the prompting of the Nao robot more slowly than individuals with an overreliance on visual cues and a hyporeactivity to proprioceptive cues. Defining such individual profiles prior to the social interaction with a robot and working closely with caregivers could provide promising strategies for designing successful and adapted Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) for individuals with ASD.
AB - Individuals suffering from Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have impaired skills in social communication and joint attention. In this paper, we explain how we designed and evaluated a Joint Attention (JA) task for individuals with ASD using the Nao humanoid robot. The interaction was tested in children and teenagers with ASD (N=11). Their proprioceptive and visual integration of cues were first assessed, with the hypothesis that individuals with an overreliance on proprioceptive cues and with a hyporeactivity to visual cues would have more difficulties conducting successful interactions with the robot. We observed that participants with an overreliance on proprioceptive cues and hyporeactivity to visual cues showed different behaviors in responding to joint attention. They followed the prompting of the Nao robot more slowly than individuals with an overreliance on visual cues and a hyporeactivity to proprioceptive cues. Defining such individual profiles prior to the social interaction with a robot and working closely with caregivers could provide promising strategies for designing successful and adapted Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) for individuals with ASD.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85002748512
U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745218
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745218
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85002748512
T3 - 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016
SP - 849
EP - 854
BT - 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 26 August 2016 through 31 August 2016
ER -