A Storytelling Robot for Pediatric Rehabilitation
Catherine Plaisant, Allison Druin, Corinna Lathan, Kapil Dakhane, Kris Edwards, Jack Maxwell Vice, Jaime Montemayor · 2000 · Proceedings of the Fourth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '00)
This paper from the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory and AnthroTronix describes PETS (Personal Electronic Teller of Stories), a storytelling robot designed for pediatric rehabilitation. Children control a large furry robot using body-worn sensors…
assistive robotics · pediatric rehabilitation · therapeutic play · participatory design · cerebral palsy