TY - GEN
T1 - Literary enhancement and physical therapy among children using robotics
AU - Patel, Savan
AU - Malkani, Lisha
AU - Celiz, Adrian
AU - Shah, Tanay
AU - Pfister, Bryan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The purpose of this project is to program a robot that will interact with disabled children by reading stories and having physical therapy routines. The processes currently used to engage children in reading and exercising are monotonous and visually displeasing. A commercial robot, RS Media, manufactured by WowWee Corp., was selected because of its instructiveness, mobility, aesthetics, and programmability. The goal is ultimately to use Linux-based programming to create programs that include text-to-speech software for storytelling and using robot body movements with text-to-speech to create exciting physical therapy routines. The scope of this project is to enhance literacy and physical therapy (exercise) by using this robot as a motivation factor among children.
AB - The purpose of this project is to program a robot that will interact with disabled children by reading stories and having physical therapy routines. The processes currently used to engage children in reading and exercising are monotonous and visually displeasing. A commercial robot, RS Media, manufactured by WowWee Corp., was selected because of its instructiveness, mobility, aesthetics, and programmability. The goal is ultimately to use Linux-based programming to create programs that include text-to-speech software for storytelling and using robot body movements with text-to-speech to create exciting physical therapy routines. The scope of this project is to enhance literacy and physical therapy (exercise) by using this robot as a motivation factor among children.
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U2 - 10.1109/NEBC.2012.6207104
DO - 10.1109/NEBC.2012.6207104
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862739608
SN - 9781467311410
T3 - 2012 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2012
SP - 341
EP - 342
BT - 2012 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2012
T2 - 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2012
Y2 - 16 March 2012 through 18 March 2012
ER -