Chapter 8 Voice-enabled assistive robots for handling autism spectrum conditions an examination of the role of prosody

• Main Author: Marchi, Erik (auth)
• Other Authors: Ringeval, Fabien (auth), Schuller , Björn (auth), Neustein, Amy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2014
• Subjects: Engineering: general; Computing & information technology; Signal processing; speech processing; speech automata; assistive robots; robot companions; human-robot interaction
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are neurodevelopmental conditions, characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication (i.e., verbal and non-verbal language), and by restricted interests and repetitive behaviour. The application of robots as a therapy tool has, however, shown promisin...