Robots ayudan a niños con discapacidad

Francesca Caprino University of Aosta Valley Faculty of Sciences of the Formation Italy

Robots helping children with motor impairments to reach their learning potential through play: the IROMEC Project experience. The European IROMEC project (IST-FP6-045356) targets children who are prevented from playing, either due to cognitive, developmental or physical impairments which affect their playing skills, leading to general impairments in their learning potential and more specifically resulting in isolation from the social environment.

IROMEC, starting from panels with secondary end users (teachers, clinicians and parents), has developed a system composed by three parts: a new robotic device, specifically designed for inclusive play, a set of play scenarios where this robot can be used and finally a methodological proposal for their application in rehabilitative and educational context.