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Autistic Children's Mental Model of an Humanoid Robot

Robotics 2022-03-16 v1
Authors: Cristina Gena , Claudio Mattutino , Andrea Maieli , Elisabetta Miraglio , Giulia Ricciardiello , Rossana Damiano , Alessandro Mazzei
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Abstract

This position paper introduces the results of an initial card sorting experiment based on the reactions and questions of a group of children with autism working with a humanoid robot in a therapeutic laboratory on autonomy.

Keywords

autism humanoid robot mental model card sorting therapeutic laboratory

Cite

@article{arxiv.2203.07538,
  title  = {Autistic Children's Mental Model of an Humanoid Robot},
  author = {Cristina Gena and Claudio Mattutino and Andrea Maieli and Elisabetta Miraglio and Giulia Ricciardiello and Rossana Damiano and Alessandro Mazzei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07538},
  year   = {2022}
}

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