Combining Touchless Interfaces, Robots, and Storytelling for ASD Children
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Our research aims at promoting communication skills of medium functioning autistic children by combining four main ingredients: multimedia storytelling, touchless interfaces, human-robots interaction, and Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC). Author
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