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The DREAM Dataset: Supporting a data-driven study of autism spectrum disorder and robot enhanced therapy
We present a dataset of behavioral data recorded from 61 children diagnosed with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The data was collected during a large-scale evaluation of Robot
Enhanced Therapy (RET). The dataset covers over 3000 therapy sessions and more than
300 hours of therapy. Half of the children interacted with the social robot NAO supervised by
a therapist. The other half, constituting a control group, interacted directly with a therapist.
Both groups followed the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) protocol. Each session was
recorded with three RGB cameras and two RGBD (Kinect) cameras, providing detailed
information of children鈥檚 behavior during therapy. This public release of the dataset comprises body motion, head position and orientation, and eye gaze variables, all specified as
3D data in a joint frame of reference. In addition, metadata including participant age, gender,
and autism diagnosis (ADOS) variables are included. We release this data with the hope of
supporting further data-driven studies towards improved therapy methods as well as a better
understanding of ASD in general