Bouhali Rayane, Al-Tabaa Haniah, Abdelfattah Sarah, Atiyeh Manar, Esmaeili Seyed, Al-Tabbakh Hanan
Engineering Department, American University of Kuwait, Salmiya, Kuwait.
J Med Eng Technol. 2023 Jan;47(1):44-53. doi: 10.1080/03091902.2022.2097327. Epub 2022 Jul 8.
Autistic children have difficulty communicating wants, needs, and thoughts. In cases of low functioning autism, an individual can have serious speech and language disabilities. In response to the need of parents and therapists dealing with autistic children, social robots have been developed and incorporated into assisting children with autism. Research studies have proved the possibility of improving autistic children's lives using social robots. However, not any social robot can successfully fulfil this task, since autistic children are sensitive to certain behaviours, shapes, and colours. The proposed integrated application and humanoid robot, Otisma has been designed and developed after an intensive literature research. Otisma can be used as an educational and communicational tool with autistic children. Otisma aids educators by using applied behaviour analysis (ABA) which is a scientifically validated method that helps autistic children work through areas of severe developmental delay, like language and nonverbal communication. Different lessons can be explored using an application that is controlled by the therapist. Otisma is an efficient educational tool that facilitates the learning process to maximise social skills for children with autism. Otisma is portable, affordable, user friendly, and can be equally used by therapists in clinics or parents at home.
自闭症儿童在表达需求、想法和思想方面存在困难。在低功能自闭症的情况下，个体可能会有严重的言语和语言障碍。为了满足处理自闭症儿童的家长和治疗师的需求，社交机器人应运而生，并被用于协助自闭症儿童。研究表明，使用社交机器人改善自闭症儿童生活是有可能的。然而，并非任何社交机器人都能成功完成这项任务，因为自闭症儿童对某些行为、形状和颜色很敏感。经过深入的文献研究，设计并开发了拟议的集成应用和人形机器人Otisma。Otisma可以用作与自闭症儿童进行教育和交流的工具。Otisma通过应用行为分析（ABA）来帮助教育工作者，这是一种经过科学验证的方法，有助于自闭症儿童克服严重的发育迟缓问题，如语言和非语言交流。治疗师可以通过一个应用程序来探索不同的课程。Otisma是一种高效的教育工具，有助于最大限度地提高自闭症儿童社交技能的学习过程。Otisma便于携带、价格实惠、用户友好，治疗师在诊所或家长在家中都可以使用。
