Integration of a Social Robot in a Pedagogical and Logopedic Intervention with Children: A Case Study

Autor: David Estevez, Paloma-Julia Velasco-Quintana, Verónica Egido-García, Ana Corrales-Paredes, María-José Terrón-López
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
0209 industrial biotechnology
Educación
Applied psychology
NAO robot
Ingeniería
Educación especial
Social Interaction
child–robot interaction
02 engineering and technology
pedagogical therapy
lcsh:Chemical technology
Biochemistry
Article
Analytical Chemistry
Educational therapy
020901 industrial engineering & automation
Intervention (counseling)
adaptive behavior design
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
lcsh:TP1-1185
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Child
Instrumentation
050107 human factors
Social robot
Point (typography)
05 social sciences
Educational Technology
ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING
Robotics
logopedic therapy
medicine.disease
Atomic and Molecular Physics
and Optics
speech therapy
Autism
Robot
Robótica
Psychology
Algorithms
Adaptive architecture
Humanoid robot
Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 20, Iss 6483, p 6483 (2020)
Sensors
Volume 20
Issue 22
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científica
Universidad Europea (UEM)
ISSN: 1424-8220
Popis: The effectiveness of social robots such as NAO in pedagogical therapies presents a challenge. There is abundant literature focused on therapies using robots with children with autism, but there is a gap to be filled in other educational different needs. This paper describes an experience of using a NAO as an assistant in a logopedic and pedagogical therapy with children with different needs. Even if the initial robot architecture is based on generic behaviors, the loading and execution time for each specific requirement and the needs of each child in therapy, made it necessary to develop &ldquo
Adaptive Behaviors&rdquo
These evolve into an adaptive architecture, applied to the engineer&ndash
therapist&ndash
child interaction, requiring the engineer-programmer to be always present during the sessions. Benefits from the point of view of the therapist and the children and the acceptance of NAO in therapy are shown. A robot in speech-therapy sessions can play a positive role in several logopedic aspects serving as a motivating factor for the children. Future works should be oriented in developing intelligent algorithms so as to eliminate the presence of the engineer-programmer in the sessions. Additional work proposals should consider deepening the psychological aspects of using humanoid robots in educational therapy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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