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It is planned to do this kind of protocol on children with autism and on typically developing children because we want to make sure that we catch the right behaviours and that we do the kind of analysis that will separate those two groups of children.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSeveral other countries are using robots in therapies for children with autism, but the Zagreb group claims this will be the first looking at how robots can diagnose autism.  \u003cbr/\u003eDamjan Miklic from the University's Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing has helped to develop a programme for the robot.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"Our colleagues from the Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, they bring in their expertise on human behaviour, on the diagnosis and treatment of autism. They, in a sense, are our clients. It is our job as roboticists (specialists in robotics) to develop technologies that will help them do their job more effectively and more easily.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMarija Cukelj, Filip's mother has watched her son's reactions with interest.\u003cbr/\u003eShe hopes the robot can open communication with her son.\u003cbr/\u003eCukelj has already noticed differences in his behaviour.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says: \"Filip actually watched the robot with concentration, which is not his usual behaviour. He normally runs around and his focus usually lasts for a few seconds only. But when he saw the robot, he looked at it, he sat down, he studied it, he was very interested. In fact, he tried to establish a communication with it, and he tried to imitate the robot.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBecause autism is about behaviour Cepanec believes is important that all doctors are trained to the same standards and recognise the same behaviours pertaining to autism.\u003cbr/\u003eWith Filip they are watching to see how often he talks, how often he makes responsive gestures, whether he stands close to what is happening in front of him and importantly, whether he smiles.\u003cbr/\u003eCepanec says: \"Despite major advances in cognitive neuroscience, autism still remains behaviourally defined development disorder, which means that there is no blood test, no genetic marker, no functional imaging test that will tell you that your child does or does not have autism and this means that if you want to diagnose autism, you really have to  have an experienced clinician who knows how to watch a child's social skills, social behaviour, like gestures that the child uses and the facial expression and vocalisation and reciprocity in communication and so on.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSo far the robot has only been exposed to around ten pre-school age children.\u003cbr/\u003eNext year the scientists plan to trial the robot with up to fifty autistic children and the same number of typically behaving children.\u003cbr/\u003eCepanec says: \"We know that there is a need for more objective measurement, because the diagnostic procedure per se is very complex. A clinician has to watch the child, observe the behaviour, code the behaviour and do the interpretation of the data. It's a really demanding job, because the children tend to move around the room, you have to talk with parents also, you have to make notes and there are some behaviours that you just don't see or you just miss.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe idea is to improve diagnosis and Cepanec is keen to stress: \"The idea is not to replace the clinician, the idea is to help the clinician to gather data and to code the behaviour.\"\u003cbr/\u003eRene will become the first of series of robots equipped with small cameras which will record the children's behaviour.\u003cbr/\u003eMarija Cukelj went through a painful three years before her son Filip was positively diagnosed with autism. \u003cbr/\u003eShe believes anything that would speed up the process would be beneficial to parents. \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eZagreb, Croatia - 11 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Close-up of autistic child Filip Cukelj watching robot in at a development session at the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Luka Jakab (dancing left) and autistic Filip Cukelj (sitting right) watching robot playing out music and moving \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close-up of Filip Cukelj watching robot\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide top shot of Luka Jakab dancing and Filip Cukelj sitting and watching robot moving in time to the music \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close-up of robot dancing  \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Robot Rene introducing himself to Luka Jakab\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of Luka Jakab shaking robot's hand\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of the robot drinking from a cup\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Luka Jakab copying Rene the robot and pretending to drink from the cup\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of researcher Maja Cepanec (seated right) with colleagues discussing data recorded from the Rene robot's sessions with the boys\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close-up of researchers \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of researchers in discussion\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maja Cepanec, Researcher, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The main goal of the project is to develop robot-based autism diagnostic protocol, which would consist of both the clinician and robot doing the evaluation together, as a robot-human team doing the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. It is planned to do this kind of protocol on children with autism and on typically developing children because we want to make sure that we catch the right behaviours and that we do the kind of analysis that will separate those two groups of children.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close-up of Filip Cukelj (left) and Luka Jakab watching the robot\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of researcher Damjan Miklic programming the robot on computer\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up of Miklic working on computer\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close-up of computer screen\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Damjan Miklic, researcher, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our colleagues from the Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, they bring in their expertise on human behaviour, on the diagnosis and treatment of autism. They, in a sense, are our clients. It is our job as roboticists (specialists in robotics) to develop technologies that will help them do their job more effectively and more easily.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of therapy room with Miklic starting robot for another session with Filip Cukelj and Luka Jakab \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Marija Cukelj, Mother of autistic child Filip Cukelj:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Filip actually watched the robot with concentration, which is not his usual behaviour. He normally runs around and his focus usually lasts for a few seconds only. But when he saw the robot, he looked at it, he sat down, he studied it, he was very interested. In fact, he tried to establish a communication with it, and he tried to imitate the robot.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide top view of the boys in the therapy room with Rene the robot \u003cbr/\u003e22. Close-up of Filip Cukelj\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maja Cepanec, Researcher, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Zagreb:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Despite major advances in cognitive neuroscience, autism still remains behaviourally defined development disorder, which means that there is no blood test, no genetic marker, no functional imaging test that will tell you that your child does or does not have autism and this means that if you want to diagnose autism, you really have to have an experienced clinician who knows how to watch a child's social skills, social behaviour, like gestures that the child uses and the facial expression and the vocalisation and reciprocity in communication and so on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various of robot Rene moving to music\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maja Cepanec, Researcher, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Zagreb:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We know that there is a need for more objective measurement, because the diagnostic procedure per-se is very complex. So (the) clinician has to watch the child, observe the behaviour, code the behaviour and do the interpretation of the data. It's a really demanding job, because the children tend to move around the room, you have to talk with parents also, you have to make notes and there are some behaviours that you just don't see or you just miss.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close-up of Filip Cukelj watching robot and clapping \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close-up of Filip Cukelj watching robot move in time to the music then lose interest and play with a cup\u003cbr/\u003e28. 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