Interactive Games with an Assistive Robotic System for Hearing-Impaired Children

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017:242:298-305.

Abstract

This paper presents an assistive robotic system, which can recognize and express sign language words from a predefined set, within interactive games to communicate with and teach hearing-impaired children sign language. The robotic system uses audio, visual and tactile feedback for interaction with the children and the teacher/researcher.

Keywords: Human-robot interaction; games and gamification; sign language; sign recognition.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Humans
  • Persons With Hearing Impairments*
  • Robotics*
  • Self-Help Devices*
  • Sign Language
  • Touch
  • Video Games*