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Theses and Dissertations
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Items in this Collection
- 7Robots
- 3Children with disabilities
- 3Play
- 2Reinforcement Learning
- 1A-not-B
- 1Application of Reinforcement Learning
- 1Adams, Kimberley
- 1Alvarez Jaramillo,Liliana
- 1Banafsheh Rafiee
- 1Castellanos Cruz, Javier L.
- 1Gomez Medina, Maria
- 1Rios Rincon, Adriana M
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A robot journey into cognition:The role and implications of augmentative manipulation in child development
DownloadFall 2014
BACKGROUND: The strong relationship between motor and cognitive development suggests that the limited motor experience of children with physical disabilities can impact their cognitive and perceptual development. The assessment of their cognitive skills is also compromised due to limited verbal...
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Spring 2019
Play is a crucial activity in which children explore and interact with the environment through the manipulation of objects, developing cognitive, social and linguistic skills. Play in children with physical disabilities may be compromised due to their physical limitations and the lack of...
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Access to math activities for children with disabilities by controlling Lego robots via augmentative and alternative communication devices
DownloadSpring 2011
Children who have complex communication needs often use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices and strategies to address their communication requirements. If they have concurrent physical impairments, they may have difficulty accessing educational materials, especially when...
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATTENTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING A TELEROBOTIC HAPTIC SYSTEM TO SUPPORT PLAY IN CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
DownloadSpring 2019
BACKGROUND: Children with physical impairments may face difficulties when playing because of limitations in reaching and handling objects. Children with physical disabilities may have limited opportunities to play, and they may experience negative impacts on their social, emotional, or...
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Spring 2023
Vision is one of the essential means for humans to perceive the world. Similarly, today's intelligent robot agents rely on camera images to perform complex tasks in the real world. Due to the ever-changing nature of the real world, intelligent robot agents must continually learn from...
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Fall 2014
Free play is not only one of the most important means through which children develop and know their world, but also it is the way in which they show their physical, cognitive, social and creative abilities. Children with severe physical disabilities have motor control problems that affect gross...
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Fall 2018
Knowledge is central to intelligence. Intelligence can be thought of as the ability to acquire knowledge and apply it effectively. Despite being a subject of intense interest in artificial intelligence, it is not yet clear what the best approach is for an intelligent system to acquire and...