Research Article

Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Designed to Elicit Communication, Motor Skills, Emotion, and Visual Regard (Engagement) from Young Children with Complex Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Comparative Trial

Table 1

Controller commands for the SAR.

ButtonCommand

StartRestart robot and control program
Left Control StickDrive robot forward, backward, left, or right
Directional PadDrive robot forward, backward, left, or right
AChatter sound 1
BChatter sound 2
XChirping sound
YExcited sound
Left BumperIn sound
Right BumperOut sound
Right Thumbstick ClickYoo-Hoo sound