A Low-Cost Assistive Robot for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders to Aid in Daily Living Activities

Roberto J. López-Sastre, Marcos Baptista-Ríos, Francisco Javier Acevedo-Rodríguez, Soraya Pacheco-da-Costa, Saturnino Maldonado-Bascón and Sergio Lafuente-Arroyo
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Roberto J. López-Sastre: GRAM, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Marcos Baptista-Ríos: Multimodal Information Group, Gradiant, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Francisco Javier Acevedo-Rodríguez: GRAM, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Soraya Pacheco-da-Costa: FINEMEV, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Saturnino Maldonado-Bascón: GRAM, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Sergio Lafuente-Arroyo: GRAM, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: In this paper, we present a new low-cost robotic platform that has been explicitly developed to increase children with neurodevelopmental disorders’ involvement in the environment during everyday living activities. In order to support the children and youth with both the sequencing and learning of everyday living tasks, our robotic platform incorporates a sophisticated online action detection module that is capable of monitoring the acts performed by users. We explain all the technical details that allow many applications to be introduced to support individuals with functional diversity. We present this work as a proof of concept, which will enable an assessment of the impact that the developed technology may have on the collective of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders in the near future.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; assistive technology; robotics; action detection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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