自閉症児のロボットに対する態度：探索的研究
Attitudes of Children with Autism towards Robots: An Exploratory Study
自閉症スペクトラム障害の子どもはロボットに概ね好意的で、人よりロボットとの交流を好む傾向があり、その態度や社会的障害がロボットへの注視時間と関連することを明らかにした。
著者: Andreia Costa, Tonie Schweich, Louise Charpiot, Georges Steffgen
分類: cs.HC, cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
In this exploratory study we assessed how attitudes of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) towards robots together with children's autism-related social impairments are linked to indicators of children's preference of an interaction with a robot over an interaction with a person. We found that children with ASD have overall positive attitudes towards robots and that they often prefer interacting with a robot than with a person. Several of children's attitudes were linked to children's longer gazes towards a robot compared to a person. Autism-related social impairments were linked to more repetitive and stereotyped behaviors and to a shorter gaze duration in the interaction with the robot compared to the person. These preliminary results contribute to better understand factors that might help determine sub-groups of children with ASD for whom robots could be particularly useful.