TY - GEN
T1 - A humanoid in company with children
AU - Kozima, Hideki
AU - Nakagawa, Cocoro
AU - Kawai, Nobuyuki
AU - Kosugi, Daisuke
AU - Yano, Yoshio
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We report a case study of the interaction of normal and autistic children with Infanoid, an upper-torso humanoid robot. Infanoid is capable of attentive and emotional interaction with humans through gaze, pointing, facial expressions, and so on. In the observational sessions, each of the children sat in front of Infanoid with his or her mother, gradually got into the loop of interaction spontaneously, where he or she played with the robot in a relaxed mood. We assume the relatively high predictability of Infanoid's behavior enabled the autistic child, as well as the normal children, to get into the playful interaction, from which the children could expand the horizon of social communications. This study suggests potential applicability of humanoids to remedial services as well as psychological investigation.
AB - We report a case study of the interaction of normal and autistic children with Infanoid, an upper-torso humanoid robot. Infanoid is capable of attentive and emotional interaction with humans through gaze, pointing, facial expressions, and so on. In the observational sessions, each of the children sat in front of Infanoid with his or her mother, gradually got into the loop of interaction spontaneously, where he or she played with the robot in a relaxed mood. We assume the relatively high predictability of Infanoid's behavior enabled the autistic child, as well as the normal children, to get into the playful interaction, from which the children could expand the horizon of social communications. This study suggests potential applicability of humanoids to remedial services as well as psychological investigation.
KW - Attribution of mind
KW - Autism and communication disorders
KW - Developmental psychology
KW - Social interaction
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:17144370253
SN - 0780388631
T3 - 2004 4th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
SP - 470
EP - 477
BT - 2004 4th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
T2 - 2004 4th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
Y2 - 10 November 2004 through 12 November 2004
ER -