Alireza Taheri

TL;DR: A robotic platform has been developed for reciprocal interaction consisting of two main phases, namely as Non-structured and Structured interaction modes, and the effect and acceptability of the platform have been investigated on autistic children between 3 and 7 years old.

TL;DR: The designed program effect on the subjects’ behavior seems to be different for participants from different points on the autism spectrum; and even the high-functioning subjects showed different potential behavioral progress.

TL;DR: The results showed the subjects’ large learning gains which were fairly persistent according to their performances on the delayed post-test, and the difference observed between the learning gains of the high-functioning and low- functioning participants is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed the necessary tools to improve joint attention and imitation in autistic children by using Kinect Sensor and Phantom Omni Haptic Robot to elicit reactions consisting of imitation of humans by the humanoid robots and vice versa.

TL;DR: In this paper, a humanoid social robot was used to teach music to children with autism through active music games, and the results indicated that as a tool and facilitator, the NAO robot does have the ability to teach musical notes/rhythms to the participants with high-functioning autism.