Educational Robot for Children with ADHD/ADD, Architecture Design

Abstract — In this paper, we presented an architecture design of assistive technology for kindergarten child care, called Kindergarten Assistive Robotics (KAR). KAR provides the kindergarten teams with a novel tool for achievement of educational aims through social interaction. Using Nao as a platform, we designed an assistive technology that employs a toy/game robotic approach. The proposed architecture is initially focused on research and training of children with ADHD/ADD. However, the final aim is to provide kindergarten teams with an assistive tool for all children, including typically developing children. We identified the benefic roles, missions and ethical principles of the robot. The kindergarten teams will have full control of robot: define daily task, stop/run behaviors, etc. The ADHD/ADD children benefit from the KAR for training their cognitive skills, like constructive learning, selective attention, etc. KAR has the ability of providing feedback to children on their performance and monitoring their progress over time. Keywords-component; social robotics; ADHD; architecture; 1