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Teacher for Children with Autism
Author(s) -
Michael T. Abrams,
Zina Saunders
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1943-5649
pISSN - 0025-6501
DOI - 10.1115/1.2018-dec-4
Subject(s) - autism , surprise , patience , robot , psychology , engineering , computer science , human–computer interaction , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , communication , social psychology
It is hard to learn about social interaction when human interaction itself is problematic. It’s no surprise, then, that multiple studies have shown the great potential that robots hold for teaching children with autism. Richard Margolin knew the progress children with autism make when working with them so he launched RoboKind to develop an affordable robot for the children that needed one. This article looks at the journey of Milo, a robot with all the patience in the world.

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