Sociopsychological and Physiological Effects of a Robot-assisted Therapy for Children With Autism

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aut.relation.journalInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systemsen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorHuang, Len_NZ
dark.contributor.authorBharatharaj, Jen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorAl-Jumaily, Aen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorElara Mohan, Ren_NZ
dark.contributor.authorKrageloh, Cen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-24T01:32:25Z
dc.date.available2019-09-24T01:32:25Z
dc.date.copyright2017-10-30en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017-10-30en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThis article reports our findings from a robot-assisted therapeutic study conducted over 49 days to investigate the sociopsychological and physiological effects in children with autism spectrum disorder using a parrot-inspired robot, KiliRo, that we developed to help in therapeutic settings. We investigated the frequency of participants’ interactions among each other and assessed any changes in interaction using social network analysis. Interactions were assessed through manual observation before and after exposure to the robot. Urinary and salivary tests were performed to obtain protein and α-amylase levels, respectively, to report the physiological changes in participating children with autism spectrum disorder before and after interacting with the robot. This is a pioneering human–robot interaction study to investigate changes in stress levels using salivary samples. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and arterial oxygen saturation level in blood were also monitored to investigate the physiological changes in participating children before, during, and after interacting with our parrot-inspired robot, KiliRo. The results show that the robot can help increase social interaction among children with autism spectrum disorder and assist in learning tasks. Furthermore, the clinical biochemistry test report using urinary and salivary samples indicates that the stress levels of children with autism reduced notably after interacting with the robot. Nevertheless, blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen levels in blood did not show positive change in all participants.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 14(5), 1729881417736895.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1729881417736895en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12849
dc.publisherSAGE
dc.relation.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1729881417736895en_NZ
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectRobot-assisted therapy; Sociopsychological; Autism spectrum disorder; Parrot-inspired robot; Social interaction
dc.titleSociopsychological and Physiological Effects of a Robot-assisted Therapy for Children With Autismen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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