His mother, Ella Sepulveda, said that her son is on the autism spectrum. She wants him to be able to communicate with the world around him, she said, and the library's robot helps him do that.

Hoffman, an assistant professor at Cornell University who studies human-robot interaction, partnered with Google to develop the robot to watch YouTube clips alongside children with autism. These ...

Just 10 years ago, socially assistive robots programmed for autism therapy were used almost exclusively in research trials. Now, robotics and educational-technology companies market about a dozen ...

The camera-eyed, bubble-blowing robot has only rough abilities to emote but serves as an approachable figure for children with autism, urging them to communicate at some intrinsically-effective ...

Vanderbilt University is testing a little robot named Russell and other devices. — -- “Lennon, look over there!” The command comes from a little robot named RASL, better known as Russell ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 22, 2018 -- Robots may hold the keys to social success for kids with autism. Advertisement That's the takeaway from an experimental home-based therapy in which autonomous "social ...

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