TY - GEN
T1 - Towards the applicability of NAO robot for children with autism in Pakistan
AU - Ahmad, Muneeb Imtiaz
AU - Shahid, Suleman
AU - Tahir, Anam
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - ![CDATA[In this paper, we present a HRI study that reports on the potential of NAO as a socially assistive robot in Pakistan. Our findings generated through interviewing 2 parents and 5 teachers on the plausibility of using NAO robot as an interaction partner show that both groups welcomed the use of NAO at schools. They, however, were sceptical due to missing NAO’s facial expressions and certain body parts such as nose and lips. They also emphasised the importance of creating natural text to speech interface for the Urdu Language. Our findings taken from 7 autistic children to measure their level of social interaction during HRI revealed that children positively engaged with the NAO robot and showed a significant number of both verbal and non-verbal behaviours.]]
AB - ![CDATA[In this paper, we present a HRI study that reports on the potential of NAO as a socially assistive robot in Pakistan. Our findings generated through interviewing 2 parents and 5 teachers on the plausibility of using NAO robot as an interaction partner show that both groups welcomed the use of NAO at schools. They, however, were sceptical due to missing NAO’s facial expressions and certain body parts such as nose and lips. They also emphasised the importance of creating natural text to speech interface for the Urdu Language. Our findings taken from 7 autistic children to measure their level of social interaction during HRI revealed that children positively engaged with the NAO robot and showed a significant number of both verbal and non-verbal behaviours.]]
KW - Pakistan
KW - children with autism spectrum disorders
KW - human-robot interaction
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:44546
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-67687-6_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-67687-6_32
M3 - Conference Paper
SN - 9783319676869
SP - 463
EP - 472
BT - Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2017: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, September 25–29, 2017, Proceedings, Part III
PB - Springer
T2 - International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction
Y2 - 25 September 2017
ER -