Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Open Access

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Abstract

How Animal Type Robots Contribute to the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Kazuya Ono, Kumiko Ando, Housei Oguchi, Akiya Kamiyama, Naoki Shimizu and Toshiko Yamamoto

Animal-type robots (aibo: Created by SONY Corporation) have changed from the conventional form to have individuality and attachment like living organisms due to the introduction of AI. Traditionally, stuffed animals have been considered to have great significance in the socialization process of animals as a transition object in the inter subjective area (the area of psychological relationship between people).