Do different robot appearances change emotion recognition in children with ASD?

Autor:	Pinto-Bernal MJ; IDLab, Ghent University-imec, Ghent, Belgium., Sierra M SD; Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom., Munera M; Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, Bogotá, Colombia., Casas D; School of Engineering, Science and Technology, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia., Villa-Moreno A; Tejido de Sueños, Medellín, Colombia., Frizera-Neto A; Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Victoria, Brazil., Stoelen MF; Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway., Belpaeme T; IDLab, Ghent University-imec, Ghent, Belgium., Cifuentes CA; Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.; School of Engineering, Science and Technology, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in neurorobotics [Front Neurorobot] 2023 Mar 02; Vol. 17, pp. 1044491. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 02 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fnbot.2023.1044491
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Socially Assistive Robotics has emerged as a potential tool for rehabilitating cognitive and developmental disorders in children with autism. Social robots found in the literature are often able to teach critical social skills, such as emotion recognition and physical interaction. Even though there are promising results in clinical studies, there is a lack of guidelines on selecting the appropriate robot and how to design and implement the child-robot interaction. Methods: This work aims to evaluate the impacts of a social robot designed with three different appearances according to the results of a participatory design (PD) process with the community. A validation study in the emotion recognition task was carried out with 21 children with autism. Results: Spectrum disorder results showed that robot-like appearances reached a higher percentage of children's attention and that participants performed better when recognizing simple emotions, such as happiness and sadness. Discussion: This study offers empirical support for continuing research on using SAR to promote social interaction with children with ASD. Further long-term research will help to identify the differences between high and low-functioning children. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Pinto-Bernal, Sierra M., Munera, Casas, Villa-Moreno, Frizera-Neto, Stoelen, Belpaeme and Cifuentes.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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