Análisis mediante inteligencia artificial de las emociones del alumnado autista en la interacción social con el robot NAO

Gonzalo Lorenzo Lledó; Alejandro Lorenzo-Lledó; Angel Rodríguez-Quevedo

doi:10.6018/red.588091

Autores/as

Gonzalo Lorenzo Lledó Universidad de Alicante https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-6260
Alejandro Lorenzo-Lledó Universidad de Alicante https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0224-5824
Angel Rodríguez-Quevedo Universidad de Alicante https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3278-2476

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/red.588091

Palabras clave: redes neuronales, robótica, Autismo, emociones

Resumen

Actualmente, la tecnología es la herramienta más utilizada en el desarrollo de las actividades de la vida diaria. Cada vez es mayor, el número de campos de conocimiento que se benefician de su versatilidad y la aplicación en el desarrollo de sus actividades. En el entorno educativo, permite generar actividades adaptadas a las necesidades del alumnado. En los últimos años, la robótica y la inteligencia artificial son las que mayor difusión están teniendo. Las características de estas herramientas favorecen su aplicación con el alumnado con Trastorno del Espectro Autista. Por tanto, el objetivo de la investigación es la aplicación de la robótica para favorecer la comunicación e interacción social en el alumnado con autismo analizando las emociones que manifiestan a lo largo de las distintas actividades. Para ello, se implementó un estudio piloto con el robot NAO y cuatro niños autistas que desarrollaron actividades de imitación, juego e interacción social. Durante su realización se utilizó un sistema automático basado en redes neuronales convolucionales para detectar los estados de ánimo en el proceso de interacción. Los resultados muestran que tristeza, felicidad y enfado son las emociones que tiene una mayor probabilidad de producirse en los participantes. Por tanto, se concluye que el robot y el sistema de inteligencia artificial son un elemento fundamental para ayudar a expresar sus emociones en las interacciones sociales.

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