Title :
A novel wireless toy for measuring infants´ bimanual actions
Author :
Serio, S.M. ; Assaf, T. ; Cecchi, F. ; Laschi, C. ; Dario, P.
Author_Institution :
BioRobotics Inst. of Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
The study and measurement of manual actions and forces in infants is important in a variety of contexts because it can give insights on the typical and atypical motor development. Novel approaches for measuring infants´ manual actions are based on sensorized platform, such as instrumented wireless toys, to be exploited in natural settings. A new sensorized wireless toy with embedded pressure sensors and audiovisual feedback has been designed and developed. Laboratory results show that the toy dimensions are fulfilling with infants´ anthropometrics and confirm the hypothesis that such instrumented toys could be useful for monitoring and measuring infants´ motor development.
Keywords :
audio-visual systems; computerised monitoring; feedback; human computer interaction; medical computing; motion measurement; pressure sensors; telemedicine; atypical motor development; audiovisual feedback; force measurement; infants bimanual action measurement; infants motor development monitoring; pressure sensors; sensorized platform; sensorized wireless toy; typical motor development; Grasping; Manuals; Materials; Pediatrics; Sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Infants; force measurement; signal analysis; wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012 4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1199-2
DOI :
10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290773
