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Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Android robots are employed in various fields. Many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have the motivation and aptitude for using such robots. Interactions with these robots are structured to resemble social situations in which certain social behaviors can occur and to simulate daily l...

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Autores principales: Kumazaki, Hirokazu, Muramatsu, Taro, Yoshikawa, Yuichiro, Matsumoto, Yoshio, Kuwata, Masaki, Takata, Keiji, Ishiguro, Hiroshi, Mimura, Masaru
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35722543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883371
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author Kumazaki, Hirokazu
Muramatsu, Taro
Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
Matsumoto, Yoshio
Kuwata, Masaki
Takata, Keiji
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Mimura, Masaru
author_facet Kumazaki, Hirokazu
Muramatsu, Taro
Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
Matsumoto, Yoshio
Kuwata, Masaki
Takata, Keiji
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Mimura, Masaru
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description Android robots are employed in various fields. Many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have the motivation and aptitude for using such robots. Interactions with these robots are structured to resemble social situations in which certain social behaviors can occur and to simulate daily life. Considering that individuals with ASD have strong likes and dislikes, ensuring not only the optimal appearance but also the optimal motion of robots is important to achieve smooth interaction and to draw out the potential of robotic interventions. We investigated whether individuals with ASD found it easier to talk to an android robot with little motion (i.e., only opening and closing its mouth during speech) or an android robot with much motion (i.e., in addition to opening and closing its mouth during speech, moving its eyes from side to side and up and down, blinking, deeply breathing, and turning or moving its head or body at random). This was a crossover study in which a total of 25 participants with ASD experienced mock interviews conducted by an android robot with much spontaneous facial and bodily motion and an android robot with little motion. We compared demographic data between participants who answered that the android robot with much motion was easier to talk to than android robot with little motion and those who answered the opposite. In addition, we investigated how each type of demographic data was related to participants' feeling of comfort in an interview setting with an android robot. Fourteen participants indicated that the android robot with little motion was easier to talk to than the robot with much motion, whereas 11 participants answered the opposite. There were significant differences between these two groups in the sensory sensitivity score, which reflects the tendency to show a low neurological threshold. In addition, we found correlations between the sensation seeking score, which reflects the tendency to show a high neurological threshold, and self-report ratings of comfort in each condition. These results provide preliminary support for the importance of setting the motion of an android robot considering the sensory traits of ASD.
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spelling pubmed-92038352022-06-18 Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders Kumazaki, Hirokazu Muramatsu, Taro Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Matsumoto, Yoshio Kuwata, Masaki Takata, Keiji Ishiguro, Hiroshi Mimura, Masaru Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Android robots are employed in various fields. Many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have the motivation and aptitude for using such robots. Interactions with these robots are structured to resemble social situations in which certain social behaviors can occur and to simulate daily life. Considering that individuals with ASD have strong likes and dislikes, ensuring not only the optimal appearance but also the optimal motion of robots is important to achieve smooth interaction and to draw out the potential of robotic interventions. We investigated whether individuals with ASD found it easier to talk to an android robot with little motion (i.e., only opening and closing its mouth during speech) or an android robot with much motion (i.e., in addition to opening and closing its mouth during speech, moving its eyes from side to side and up and down, blinking, deeply breathing, and turning or moving its head or body at random). This was a crossover study in which a total of 25 participants with ASD experienced mock interviews conducted by an android robot with much spontaneous facial and bodily motion and an android robot with little motion. We compared demographic data between participants who answered that the android robot with much motion was easier to talk to than android robot with little motion and those who answered the opposite. In addition, we investigated how each type of demographic data was related to participants' feeling of comfort in an interview setting with an android robot. Fourteen participants indicated that the android robot with little motion was easier to talk to than the robot with much motion, whereas 11 participants answered the opposite. There were significant differences between these two groups in the sensory sensitivity score, which reflects the tendency to show a low neurological threshold. In addition, we found correlations between the sensation seeking score, which reflects the tendency to show a high neurological threshold, and self-report ratings of comfort in each condition. These results provide preliminary support for the importance of setting the motion of an android robot considering the sensory traits of ASD. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9203835/ /pubmed/35722543 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883371 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kumazaki, Muramatsu, Yoshikawa, Matsumoto, Kuwata, Takata, Ishiguro and Mimura. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Kumazaki, Hirokazu
Muramatsu, Taro
Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
Matsumoto, Yoshio
Kuwata, Masaki
Takata, Keiji
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Mimura, Masaru
Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
title Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
title_full Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
title_fullStr Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
title_full_unstemmed Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
title_short Differences in the Optimal Motion of Android Robots for the Ease of Communications Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
title_sort differences in the optimal motion of android robots for the ease of communications among individuals with autism spectrum disorders
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35722543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883371
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