The Iterative Development of the Humanoid Robot Kaspar: An Assistive Robot for Children with Autism

Luke Wood; Abolfazl Zaraki; Michael Walters; Ori Novanda; Ben Robins; Kerstin Dautenhahn

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_6

The Iterative Development of the Humanoid Robot Kaspar: An Assistive Robot for Children with Autism

Luke Wood, Abolfazl Zaraki, Michael Walters, Ori Novanda, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn

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This paper gives an overview of the design and development of the humanoid robot Kaspar. Since the first Kaspar robot was developed in 2005, the robotic platform has undergone continuous development driven by the needs of users and technological advancements enabling the integration of new features. We discuss in detail the iterative development of Kaspar’s design and clearly explain the rational of each development, which has been based on the user requirements as well as our years of experience in robot assisted therapy for children with autism, particularly focusing on how the developments benefit the children we work with. Further to this, we discuss the role and benefits of robotic autonomy on both children and therapist along with the progress that we have made on the Kaspar robot’s autonomy towards achieving a semi-autonomous child-robot interaction in a real world setting.

Original language	English
Pages	53-63
Number of pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_6
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017

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