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With the rapid development of economy and technology, people have simply not be satisfied with the level of medical treatment but also began to pay more attention to health care environment gradually. Out-patient department is the first step in treatment of children, and also a crucial component in children's hospital functional block. Therefore, the personalised design of children's medical out-patient...
Autism is a complex neuro-developmental disorder characterized by qualitative alterations in social interactions and interpersonal communication and by repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. The therapy is based on a free play between an autistic child, a mobile robot and a therapist. The robot is used as a mediator between the child and the therapist to improve human to human interactions. The aim...
This paper analyzes the specific absorption rate (SAR) induced in human head model of various sizes by a mobile phone at 900 and 1800 MHz. Specifically the study is considering in SAR between adults and children. Moreover, these differences are assessed for compliance with international safety guidelines. Also the effects of these head models on the most important terms for a mobile terminal antenna...
Recent research suggests that children with autism exhibit certain positive social behaviors while interacting with robots that are not observed while interacting with their peers, caregivers, and therapists. This paper explores trends in robot-assisted autism therapy, as well as some of the specific therapies that have been shown to elicit desirable social interactions when working with children...
Centuries ago, the existence of life was explained by the presence of a soul [1]. Known as animism, this term was re-defined in the 1970s by Piaget as young children's beliefs that inanimate objects are capable of actions and have lifelike qualities. With the development of robots in the 21st century, researchers have yet to examine whether animism is apparent in children's impressions of robots....
Scooter is a small toy which is driven by users' feet. It's popular among children at different ages. We should take human factors into account during design process. The sizes of scooter must adapt to those of a certain age group of children. In this paper we put forward a methodology on structure design based on human factors, then we build a three dimensional parametric model of a scooter for ergonomic...
This article is a methodological paper that describes the therapeutic and educational objectives that were identified during the design process of a robot aimed at robot assisted play. The work described in this paper is part of the IROMEC project (Interactive Robotic Social Mediators as Companions) that recognizes the important role of play in child development and targets children who are prevented...
Recently, there has been an increasing concern regarding the effects of electromagnetic waves on the health of humans. The safety of radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) is evaluated by the specific absorption rate (SAR). In recent years, SAR has been estimated by numerical simulation using fine-resolution and anatomically realistic reference whole-body voxel models of people of various...
Recent studies in education for children with autism demonstrated that computer assisted learning can increase children's narrative understanding. However, software interfaces which include autonomous intelligent agents have yet to be explored in this context. In this paper we investigate how a narrative storytelling environment which is populated with virtual characters may help children with autism...
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