title: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Make a Fruit Salad with Probo, the Social Robot: An Interaction Study.
abstract: Social robots are thought to be motivating tools in play tasks with children with autism spectrum disorders. Thirty children with autism were included using a repeated measurements design. It was investigated if the children's interaction with a human differed from the interaction with a social robot during a play task. Also, it was examined if the two conditions differed in their ability to elicit interaction with a human accompanying the child during the task. Interaction of the children with both partners did not differ apart from the eye-contact. Participants had more eye-contact with the social robot compared to the eye-contact with the human. The conditions did not differ regarding the interaction elicited with the human accompanying the child.
authors: Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium. ramona.simut@vub.ac.be.
authors: Ramona E
authors: RE
authors: Simut
authors: Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Johan
authors: J
authors: Vanderfaeillie
authors: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors: Andreea
authors: A
authors: Peca
authors: Robotics and Multibody Mechanics Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Greet
authors: G
authors: Van de Perre
authors: Robotics and Multibody Mechanics Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Bram
authors: B
authors: Vanderborght
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012371:Robotics; D066107:Social Skills
keywords: Children with ASD; Interaction; Robot assisted therapy; Social robots; Social skills