An implementation of an imitation game with ASD children to learn nursery rhymes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05886v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 06:50:35 GMT
• Title: An implementation of an imitation game with ASD children to learn nursery rhymes
• Abstract summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate if an imitation game with a robot can arise interest from children and constitute an effective tool to be used in clinical activities.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Previous studies have suggested that being imitated by an adult is an effective intervention with children with autism and developmental delay. The purpose of this study is to investigate if an imitation game with a robot can arise interest from children and constitute an effective tool to be used in clinical activities. In this paper, we describe the design of our nursery rhyme imitation game, its implementation based on RGB image pose recognition and the preliminary tests we performed.

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