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Nyku: A Social Robot For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dan Stephan Stoianovici
Nyku: A Social Robot For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dan Stephan Stoianovici
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The continued growth of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) around the world has spurred a growth in new therapeutic methods to increase the positive outcomes of an ASD diagnosis. It has been agreed that the early detection and intervention of ASD disorders leads to greatly increased positive outcomes for individuals living with the disorders. Among these new therapeutic methods, Robot-Assisted Therapy (RAT) has become a hot area of study. Recent works have shown that high functioning ASD children have an affinity for interacting with robots versus humans. It is proposed that this is due to a less complex set of communication …