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2011-12-18
Corrigan, M., Adams, K.D., Cook, A.M.
Children with disabilities may have decreased ability to play, and thus less opportunity to acquire associated motor, cognitive, and linguistic skills. There is evidence that robotic play may help children acquire those skills, and our overall goal is to facilitate integration of spontaneous...
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Development of a Robotic Device for Facilitating Learning by Children who have Severe Disabilities
Download2011-12-13
Howery, K., Meng, M.Q.H., Cook, A.M., Gu, J.J.
This paper presents technical aspects of a robot manipulator developed to facilitate learning by young children who are generally unable to grasp objects or speak. The severity of these physical disabilities also limits assessment of their cognitive and language skills and abilities. The CRS...
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Involving Users in the Design of a Speech Generating Device Interface for Lego Robot Control
Download2011-12-05
This paper describes the process of developing a speech generating device (SGD) interface to control Lego robots which involved the end -users in testing and iterative improvements of the interface. The participants had differing skills and preferences which resulted in individual interfaces...
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Lego Robot Control via a Speech Generating Communication Device for Play and Educational Activities
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Yantha, J., Cook, A.M., Adams, K.D.
Children have utilized switch adapted infrared controllers to manipulate play objects with inexpensive Lego™ robots in order to learn new and demonstrate existing skills. Since some speech generating devices (SGDs) have infrared output, the opportunity arises for children to have an integrated...
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Measuring target acquisition utilizing Madentec's Tracker system in indviduals with Cerebral Palsy
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Cook, A.M., Dobbs, B.M., Warren, S., McKeever, R.
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact on performance of repeated trials of the Tracker system in a series of target acquisition tasks for persons with cerebral palsy (CP). Twelve persons with CP participated in the single case experimental study. Data were collected on their time...