Creation of social interaction environments with robot for autistic children: analysis of assessment instruments and type of activities

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Journal of Enabling Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI:10.1108/jet-06-2023-0019

G. Lorenzo, J. López-Núñez, A. Lorenzo-Lledó, Jesús López-Belmonte

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PurposeThe aim of the study is to conduct a thematic review of assessment tools and types of activities in the application of robotics to autistic students during the period 1996–2021 using Web of Science and Scopus. The sample consisted of 119 documents.Design/methodology/approachNowadays, emerging technologies have become increasingly prevalent across various fields of knowledge. In this regard, robotics is being increasingly applied in the educational environment. The characteristics of this tool are the ones that best suit the needs of autistic students.FindingsResults reveal that 16.80% of the studies used automatic measurement systems, whilst 15.96% of the studies used user observation and recording techniques. As for the tasks, 37.80% were focussed on imitation tasks. Amongst the practical implications is the need to include tasks that could be developed collaboratively in the regular classroom.Originality/valueWith this research, it is intended to disseminate in the scientific community what are the characteristics that should have the interaction activities between a robot and autistic students. In addition, the type of tool needed to evaluate the improvements in the interaction is proposed.

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为自闭症儿童创造机器人社交互动环境：对评估工具和活动类型的分析

本研究的目的是利用Web of Science和Scopus对1996-2021年期间机器人技术应用于自闭症学生的评估工具和活动类型进行专题审查。样本包括119份文件。设计/方法论/方法如今，新兴技术在各个知识领域变得越来越普遍。在这方面，机器人越来越多地应用于教育环境。这个工具的特点是最适合自闭症学生的需要。研究结果显示，16.80%的研究使用了自动测量系统，15.96%的研究使用了用户观察和记录技术。在任务上，37.80%的人集中在模仿任务上。其中一个实际影响是需要包括可以在常规课堂中协作开发的任务。原创性/价值通过这项研究，它旨在在科学界传播机器人与自闭症学生之间的互动活动应该具有哪些特征。此外，还提出了评估交互改进所需的工具类型。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Enabling Technologies (JET) seeks to provide a strong, insightful, international, and multi-disciplinary evidence-base in health, social care, and education. This focus is applied to how technologies can be enabling for children, young people and adults in varied and different aspects of their lives. The focus remains firmly on reporting innovations around how technologies are used and evaluated in practice, and the impact that they have on the people using them. In addition, the journal has a keen focus on drawing out practical implications for users and how/why technology may have a positive impact. This includes messages for users, practitioners, researchers, stakeholders and caregivers (in the broadest sense). The impact of research in this arena is vital and therefore we are committed to publishing work that helps draw this out; thus providing implications for practice. JET aims to raise awareness of available and developing technologies and their uses in health, social care and education for a wide and varied readership. The areas in which technologies can be enabling for the scope of JET include, but are not limited to: Communication and interaction, Learning, Independence and autonomy, Identity and culture, Safety, Health, Care and support, Wellbeing, Quality of life, Access to services.