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Robot-Enhanced
Therapy
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Developing and Validating
a Supervised Autonomous
Robotic System for Autism
Spectrum Disorders Therapy
By Hoang-Long Cao, Pablo G. Esteban, Madeleine Bartlett,
Paul Baxter, Tony Belpaeme, Erik Billing, Haibin Cai, Mark Coeckelbergh,
Cristina Costescu, Daniel David, Albert De Beir, Daniel Hernandez,
James Kennedy, Honghai Liu, Silviu Matu, Alexandre Mazel, Amit Pandey,
Kathleen Richardson, Emmanuel Senft, Serge Thill, Greet Van de Perre,
Bram Vanderborght, David Vernon, Kutoma Wakunuma, Hui Yu,
Xiaolong Zhou, and Tom Ziemke
R
obot-assisted therapy (RAT) offers potential
advantages for improving the social skills of
children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
This article provides an overview of the developed
technology and clinical results of the EC-FP7funded Development of Robot-Enhanced therapy for
children with AutisM spectrum disorders (DREAM)
project, which aims to develop the next level of RAT in both
clinical and technological perspectives, commonly referred
to as robot-enhanced therapy (RET). Within this project, a
supervised autonomous robotic system is collaboratively
developed by an interdisciplinary consortium including
psychotherapists, cognitive scientists, roboticists, computer
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scientists, and ethicists, which allows robot control to exceed
classical remote control methods, e.g., Wizard of Oz (WoZ),
while ensuring safe and ethical robot behavior. Rigorous
clinical studies are conducted to validate the efficacy of RET.
Current results indicate that RET can obtain an equivalent
performance compared to that of human standard therapy
for children with ASDs. We also discuss the next steps of
developing RET robotic systems.
Toward Robot-Enhanced Therapy
ASDs are identified by widespread abnormalities in social
interactions and communication, together with restricted
interests and repetitive behavior [1]. For children with ASDs,
these symptoms can be efficiently reduced through early
(cognitive) behavioral intervention programs, ideally starting
at the preschool age [2]. This type of intervention is taught on
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