hospital, edmonton, alberta using robots to assess skills
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Using robots to assess skills and access play and problem solving for children with severe disabilities © Kim Adams
LUDI meeting, Vilnius October 27, 2014
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USING ROBOTS TO ASSESS SKILLS AND ACCESS PLAY AND PROBLEM SOLVING
FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE
University of Alberta and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
DISABILITIES
Al CookAdriana Rios
Kim AdamsLiliana Alvarez
Lina Becerra, Paola Esquivel
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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ALBERTA:• Western Canada• Population: 3,645,257 (2011)• Area: 661,848 km2
Welcome to Alberta
https://www.google.ca/search?q=alberta+canada&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa
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Today!
I Can Centre for Assistive Technology
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Children who have disabilities may have limited opportunities to develop skillsopportunities to develop skills
• cognitive, linguistic, social and motor skills
• through manipulative play and learning activities
Augmentative manipulation – Assistive robots
The problem
RhinoMini-mover 5
Robot:
Early work - Al Cook
“An automatically controlled, “An automatically controlled, reprogrammablereprogrammable, , multipurposemultipurpose, manipulator , manipulator programmable in three or more axes, which may be either fixed in place or programmable in three or more axes, which may be either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation applications." International standard mobile for use in industrial automation applications." International standard ISO 8373ISO 8373
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Themes Streams
Children's Using robots in playdevelopment of cognitive, linguistic, social and motor skills
Using robots in academics (math concepts)
Using robots as a way to measure cognitive skills
Assistive technology development
Development of virtual and physical robots (ENCARNAÇÃO)
Research themes and streams
p ( Ç )
Development of adaptive and haptic interface for robots
Children can use robots to do manipulative play activities and increase their play experiences.activities and increase their play experiences.
Using robots in play
Schulmeister, J., Wiberg, C., Adams, K., Harbottle, N., & Cook, A. (2006). Cook, A., Adams, K. (2010).
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Adriana Rios, PhD, OT, MSc BMEAssistant Professor, University of Rosario,
Bogota, ColombiaBogota, Colombia
Identify changes in playfulness
Using robots in play
Using robots in academics (pilot study)
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Using robots in academics (math concepts)
Adams Cook K. (2013).
Performance tasks reveal level of cognitive understanding
Robots and cognitive development
Cook, A., Adams, K., Volden, J., Harbottle, N., & Harbottle, C. (2011).
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Robots and cognitive development
Typically developingdeveloping children
Poletz, L., Encarnação, P., Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2010).
Robots and cognitive development
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Robots and cognitive development
• Liliana Alvarez, PhD, OT, MSc BME
– Professor, University of Rosario, Bogota, ColombiaColombia
– Post Doc, University of Western Ontario
• Cognitive skills associated with motor experience:
• typically developing infants and one child with with motor impairments
• EEG, ERP and behavior analysis
Robots and cgnitive development
• with and without a robot
• A not B task
• Dr Sandra Wiebe www.infantile-spasms.org
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Controlling robots through communication devices provides an integrated talking and doing experience, more like that of a typical child.
Integrated communication and manipulation
Adams, K., & Cook, A. M. (2014). ISAAC, Lisbon, Portugal
Virtual robots may provide the same benefits as physical robots – easier to disseminate widely
Virtual robots
ENCARNAÇÃO, P., PIEDADE, G., COOK, A., ADAMS, K., GIL, I., MAYA, C., et al. (2011). Virtual robot and virtual environments for cognitive skills assessment. AAATE, The Netherlands.
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Play and Problem Solving
• Children need a means for manipulating toysto develop symbolic play and problem solving skills1– to develop symbolic play and problem solving skills1.
• Children with disabilities have controlled robotsto:– access play activities2
– demonstrate cognitive skills3
(1) Cook, A., Adams, K., Volden, J., Harbottle, N., & Harbottle, C. (2011).(2) Cook, A & Adams, K (2010)(3) Poletz. L, Encarnação.P, Adams. K, and Cook. A.M (2010).
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Purpose
Develop robotic tasks that will allow children tto:
• perform symbolic play and
• problem solving activities
using skills that correspond to their
cognitive age.
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Materials
LEGO Mindstorm Robots
L ft d i ht l di Left and right color coding
Set up Plastic screen (hands-off)
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Participants
• Typically developing children
Pilot # Age Male Female3
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2 15 4 11
51
54 17
61
8 16 7 1
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Methods
Robot skills
Ses
sio
n 1
Problem Solving
Training
Pla ith
2Play with
conventional toys
Play with unstructured
materials
Ses
sio
n
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Session 1- Robot Skills Tasks
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Session 1 - Problem Solving
Level 4
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Truck Loading Activity4
4)Atance, C & Jackson, L. (2009)
Truck Loading Activity4
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Session 2- Training
Task 1- Orientation 1
Task 2
Orientation 1- Orientation 2
Task 3A Task 3B
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Using the scoop
Session 2- Training
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Session 2- Play
Conventional Toys
Robot No Robot
Before Modeling
After Modeling
No Modeling
Play is observed 31
Set up
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Session 2- Play
Unconventional Toys
Robot No Robot
Play is observed
Before Modeling
After Modeling
No Modeling
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Set up
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Play Coding System Type of Play
0. No Play
1. Functional Play one objectna
l Pla
y
object
1.1 Functional Play with two or more objects
2.1 Functional play with pretense:
2.2 Pretend play with verbal confirmation
2.3 Object Substitution: the child uses of an object
Fun
ctio
nd
Pla
y
jas if it was a different object2.4 Imagining absent objects
2.5 Assigning absent attributes
Based on: Barton (2010)
Pre
tend
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Results - Play
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Results – Problem solving
Participant Age Condition Robot Truck
Pilot 3* 3 24 with
prompting 0Pilot 2 3 1 1 2Pilot 5 4 both 0 0Pilot 1 5 2 4 4
1Pilot 4 5 1 4 4Pilot 6 7 1 4 4
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Play: --more symbolic play without the robot- after modeling,
Results Results
g,children can achieve a higher level with robot
Problemsolving:solving:?
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Plans
Validate tasks
30 participants
Data analysis
tasks
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Acknowledgements
Alberta Teacher’s Association
CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Program
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Contact Information
Kim Adams F lt f R h bilit ti M di iFaculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta. 3-48 Corbett Hall Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Tel: 780-492-0309E-mail: [email protected]@
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