Socially assistive robots: current status and future prospects for autism interventions

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Figure 1 The PABI robot in a triadic therapy scenario providing DTT ABA therapy for an autistic child in conjunction with a therapist.

Note: Copyright ©2017. Adapted from Dickstein-Fischer LA, Pereira RH, Gandomi KY, Fathima AT, Fischer GS. Interactive tracking for robot-assisted autism therapy. In: Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction; March 2017; 107–108; Vienna, Austria.⁶³
Abbreviations: ABA, applied behavior analysis; DTT, discrete trial training; PABI, Penguin for Autism Behavioral Intervention.

Figure 2 A flowchart showing how a socially assistive robot can assist in discrete trial training.

Note: The PABI interacts with a child by autonomously providing instruction, rewarding or correcting, and reacting with sensory stimuli.
Abbreviations: ABA, applied behavior analysis; PABI, Penguin for Autism Behavioral Intervention.

Dickstein-Fischer LA, Pereira RH, Gandomi KY, Fathima AT, Fischer GS. . Interactive tracking for robot-assisted autism therapy. In: Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction; March 2017; 107–108; Vienna, Austria.

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