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Assistive Robotics And Their Uses During The Pandemic, Thomas Klassen, Jeremy Evert
Assistive Robotics And Their Uses During The Pandemic, Thomas Klassen, Jeremy Evert
Student Research
• “Assistive Robotics” defines any device that can sense, process sensory information, and perform actions that benefit people with disabilities.
• This form of technology can be used on a much higher scale with a greater number of uses.
• We have an opportunity to expand the usage of assistive robotics to help combat COVID-19.
Studying Facial Expression Recognition And Imitation Ability Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Interaction With A Social Robot, Farzaneh Askari
Studying Facial Expression Recognition And Imitation Ability Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Interaction With A Social Robot, Farzaneh Askari
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience limited abilities in recognizing non-verbal elements of social interactions such as facial expressions [1]. They also show deficiencies in imitating facial expressions in social situations. In this Master thesis, we focus on studying the ability of children with ASD in recognizing facial expressions and imitating the expressions using a rear-projected expressive humanoid robot, called Ryan. Recent studies show that social robots such as Ryan have great potential for autism therapy. We designed and developed three studies, first to evaluate the ability of children with ASD in recognizing facial expressions that are presented to …