Mechatronic-shoe kit for training children with ASD in enhancement of psychomotor and daily life skills

Abstract

There has been a growing demand for finding credible technological means to help children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a disability that causes children to have difficulties with social interaction, communication, cognitive skills and psychomotor skills. The clinical application for using robotics to further emphasize behavioural change in children with ASD has always been deliberated. This work proposes the use of a mechatronic training kit to impart psychomotor skills by addressing a specific daily life task. The objective is to enhance the psychomotor skills like pincer grasp, hand-eye coordination and bilateral coordination among children with ASD by training the children to wear the left and right shoes correctly. The results of this study show the usefulness of the mechatronic training kit in training the child to perform the task.