TY - JOUR
T1 - Robot-Enhanced Therapy
T2 - Development and Validation of Supervised Autonomous Robotic System for Autism Spectrum Disorders Therapy
AU - Cao, Hoang Long
AU - Esteban, Pablo G.
AU - Bartlett, Madeleine
AU - Baxter, Paul
AU - Belpaeme, Tony
AU - Billing, Erik
AU - Cai, Haibin
AU - Coeckelbergh, Mark
AU - Costescu, Cristina
AU - David, Daniel
AU - De Beir, Albert
AU - Hernandez, Daniel
AU - Kennedy, James
AU - Liu, Honghai
AU - Matu, Silviu
AU - Mazel, Alexandre
AU - Pandey, Amit
AU - Richardson, Kathleen
AU - Senft, Emmanuel
AU - Thill, Serge
AU - Van De Perre, Greet
AU - Vanderborght, Bram
AU - Vernon, David
AU - Wakanuma, Kutoma
AU - Yu, Hui
AU - Zhou, Xiaolong
AU - Ziemke, Tom
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Robot-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-FP7-funded 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 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.
AB - Robot-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-FP7-funded 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 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064382580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MRA.2019.2904121
DO - 10.1109/MRA.2019.2904121
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064382580
SN - 1070-9932
VL - 26
SP - 49
EP - 58
JO - IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
JF - IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
IS - 2
M1 - 8683968
ER -