A Storytelling Robot for Pediatric Rehabilitation
A Storytelling Robot for Pediatric Rehabilitation
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2000-10-06
Authors
Plaisant, Catherine
Druin, Allison
Lathan, Corinna
Dakhane, Kapil
Edwards, Kris
Vice, Jack Maxwell
Montemayor, Jaime
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Abstract
We are developing a prototype storytelling robot for use with children in
rehabilitation. Children can remotely control a large furry robot by
using a variety of body sensors adapted to their disability or
rehabilitation goal. In doing so, they can teach the robot to act out
emotions (e.g. sad, happy, excited) and then write stories using the
storytelling software and include those emotions in the story. The story
can then be "played" by the remote controlled robot, which acts out the
story and the emotions. We believe that this robot can motivate the
children and help them reach their therapy goals through therapeutic
play, either by exercising muscles or joints (e.g. for physically
challenges children) or by reflecting on the expression of emotions (e.g.
for autistic children). We use an innovative design methodology involving
children as design partners.
(Also cross-referenced as UMIACS-TR-2000-65)