Robot-assisted therapy: considering the social and ethical aspects when working with autistic children
Journal
Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics-HFR
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Tanevska, Ana
Abstract
When implementing robot-assisted therapy (RAT)
for children with autism it is not enough to simply plan for the
technology that will be used. This paper elaborates on the social
and ethical implications that need to be taken into consideration
when working with autistic children. A particular set of protocols
is presented, and we discuss how we implemented those steps in
an autism study with the NAO humanoid robot.
