Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents?

Lisa Armstrong; Yeol Huh

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90525-5_57

Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents?

Lisa Armstrong, Yeol Huh

Department of Educational Technology

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Abstract

Social robots are showing promise in assisting children with an autism spectrum disorder to improve social, language, and behavioral skills. However, this emerging technology has yet to find a permanent place in the homes of children with autism in part because the long-term benefits of robot-assisted therapy are still undetermined. We present this autoethnographic case of a 10-year-old boy with autism and his mother to explore the perceived benefits of the long-term, in-home use of a social robot as it relates to the facilitation of parent-child bonding, attachment, communication, and social learning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Haizhou Li, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Yan Wu, Agnieszka Wykowska, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Dongyu Li, Jairo Perez-Osorio
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	650-659
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030905248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90525-5_57
State	Published - 2021
Event	13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 10 Nov 2021 → 13 Nov 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13086 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	10/11/21 → 13/11/21

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
I want to thank Jos? Manuel del R?o, CEO, and Pablo Garc?a, CTO of Aisoy Robotics, for their invaluable guidance, personal instruction, and willingness to share knowledge that allowed me to learn to create robot interactions to delight and engage my son, Juan.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Attachment
Autism spectrum disorder
Social bonding
Social robot

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Armstrong, L., & Huh, Y. (2021). Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents? In H. Li, S. S. Ge, Y. Wu, A. Wykowska, H. He, X. Liu, D. Li, & J. Perez-Osorio (Eds.), Social Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Proceedings (pp. 650-659). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13086 LNAI). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90525-5_57

Armstrong, Lisa ; Huh, Yeol. / Longing to Connect : Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents?. Social Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Proceedings. editor / Haizhou Li ; Shuzhi Sam Ge ; Yan Wu ; Agnieszka Wykowska ; Hongsheng He ; Xiaorui Liu ; Dongyu Li ; Jairo Perez-Osorio. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 650-659 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Armstrong, L & Huh, Y 2021, Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents? in H Li, SS Ge, Y Wu, A Wykowska, H He, X Liu, D Li & J Perez-Osorio (eds), Social Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13086 LNAI, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 650-659, 13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021, Singapore, Singapore, 10/11/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90525-5_57

Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents? / Armstrong, Lisa; Huh, Yeol.
Social Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Haizhou Li; Shuzhi Sam Ge; Yan Wu; Agnieszka Wykowska; Hongsheng He; Xiaorui Liu; Dongyu Li; Jairo Perez-Osorio. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 650-659 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13086 LNAI).

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Armstrong L, Huh Y. Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents? In Li H, Ge SS, Wu Y, Wykowska A, He H, Liu X, Li D, Perez-Osorio J, editors, Social Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 650-659. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-90525-5_57

Longing to Connect: Could Social Robots Improve Social Bonding, Attachment, and Communication Among Children with Autism and Their Parents?

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