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A storytelling robot for pediatric rehabilitation

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Catherine Plaisant,

Corinna Lathan,

Jack Maxwell Vice,

Jaime MontemayorAuthors Info & Claims

Assets '00: Proceedings of the fourth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies

Pages 50 - 55

https://doi.org/10.1145/354324.354338

Published: 13 November 2000 Publication History

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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 series of movements or "emotions" and then write stories - using a storytelling software - including those movements in the story. The story can then be "played" by the remote controlled robot, which acts out the story. 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 stories (e.g. for children with developmental disabilities). We use an innovative design methodology involving children as design partners.

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Assets '00: Proceedings of the fourth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies

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DOI:10.1145/354324

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Georgia Institute of Technology

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