Adaptive Robotic Platform as an Inclusive Education Aid for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract Language is the means by which a human being understands and transmits ideas, feelings, and thoughts verbally or in writing with other human beings. However, some people have difficulties in performing these activities, for example, in the case of autism. High-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a chronic, life long condition characterized by social communication and social interaction deficits during the educational process. The development of computational tools, that combine hardware and software, helps to overcome these difficulties. This paper shows the development and implementation of an adaptive robotic platform that aimed to construct robots to establish a communication process with children at an educational level

Educational Robot Using Lego Mindstorms and Mobile Device

Modern education at different levels has integrated the use of technology as a teaching-learning assistant, especially in the initial stage of training because it motivates curiosity and helps the abstraction of knowledge. This paper presents the development of an educational robot using components of the Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit and a mobile app to interact with the student; the robot is build using two motors and two sensors, one to differentiate colours and the other one to measure proximity. The objective is to teach the different colours and explain the spatial position to children under five years old, while the screen of the mobile device interacts with the user. The results show the finished product, the data generated by a learning test, and a usability test, concluding that the robot fulfils its purpose, but requires certain improvements. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020