A low-cost assistive robot for children with neurodevelopmental disorder to aid in daily living activities

In this paper, we present a new low-cost robotic platform that has been explicitly developed to increase children with neurodevelopmental disorders’ involvement in the environment during everyday living activities. In order to support the children and youth with both the sequencing and learning of e...

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Autores: López Sastre, Roberto Javier|||0000-0002-2477-0152, Baptista Ríos, Marcos, Acevedo Rodríguez, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-4727-1575, Pacheco da Costa, Soraya|||0000-0002-2226-3560, Maldonado Bascón, Saturnino|||0000-0001-6472-5359, Lafuente Arroyo, Sergio|||0000-0002-4841-2501
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/64525
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/64525
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083974
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial intelligence
Assistive technology
Robotics
Action detection
Enfermería
Nursing
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Sumario:In this paper, we present a new low-cost robotic platform that has been explicitly developed to increase children with neurodevelopmental disorders’ involvement in the environment during everyday living activities. In order to support the children and youth with both the sequencing and learning of everyday living tasks, our robotic platform incorporates a sophisticated online action detection module that is capable of monitoring the acts performed by users. We explain all the technical details that allow many applications to be introduced to support individuals with functional diversity. We present this work as a proof of concept, which will enable an assessment of the impact that the developed technology may have on the collective of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders in the near future.