1. Multitouch-device-based iPod-LEGO Social Robot for Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation in Children with Special Needs and Elderly People Alex Barco, Jordi Albo-Canals and Carles Garriga-Berga Begoña García Zapirain Álvaro Sánchez

2. Multitouch-device-based iPod-LEGO Social Robot for Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation in Children with Special Needs and Elderly People Alex Barco, Jordi Albo-Canals and Carles Garriga-Berga Begoña García Zapirain Álvaro Sánchez

3. Multitouch-device-based iPod-LEGO Social Robot for Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation in Children with Special Needs and Elderly People Alex Barco, Jordi Albo-Canals and Carles Garriga-Berga Begoña García Zapirain Álvaro Sánchez

4. INDEX BACKGROUND PREVIOUS WORK OBJECTIVES RESULTS CONCLUSIONS and LINES OF FUTURE

5. BACKGROUND Robotics is a multidisciplinary scientific tool which motivates and stimulates learning in children and elderly. Robots can perform therapeutic and companion functions simultaneously. Humans prefer a real robot to a virtual version in one-on- one interactions. Robotics is itself something that is easy to be accepted by people, also, as a tool can contribute to collaborative work, adapting the level of the sessions according to the children’s educational performance.

6. PREVIOUS WORK The three participant universities developed the software for the multitouch device (iPod / iPad) and accomplished the wired communication between the iPod / iPad and the LEGO NXT robot. Teensy 2.0 RJ-12 Mini USB - USB NXT 2.0 iPod / iPad Camera Connection Kit Sensors

7. PREVIOUS WORK Physical and mental activitiesCognitive rehabilitation with children with TBI 6 months Psychologists / Engineers Increase of the life expectancy In Spain it is estimated that in one year 235 out of 100,000 people experience a head injury

8. PREVIOUS WORK

9. Effectiveness of rehabilitation treatment in children with TBI and elderly people in a long-term interaction. Neuropsychological and behavioral questionnaires used for evaluation

10. PREVIOUS WORK Effectiveness of rehabilitation treatment in children with TBI and elderly people in a long-term interaction. Satisfaction scales

11. OBJECTIVES Bluetooth wireless communication between the new LEGO Robot EV3 and the iPod 4G / iPad. Design and develop a set of apps that contain new activities for cognitive and physical rehabilitation aimed at two groups: elderly people and children with special needs. iPod / iPad Bluetooth EV3 Sensors

12. RESULTS A wireless connection via Bluetooth between the LEGO EV3 and the iPod / iPad.

13. RESULTS Promising results in different cognitive measurements during pre and post time with children with a brain trauma and elderly people. How easy was to use the robot to deliver basic coaching for physical activities as proposed by the user. Improved robustness in the robot.

14. CONCLUSIONS and LINES OF FUTURE Useful tool for children with special needs and elderly people. A better communication with no wires. To be independent from the connector. A bigger repository of activities helped us in a better engagement with users. Bigger sample of children and elderly people. Focus on an improved engagement in the interaction between the user and the robot over time through a personalization.

15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Our thanks to who founded our project

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