An endearing little robot named Bandit may be the newest technology to help children with autism better understand social cues and emotional behavior. Researchers at the Robotics Research Lab at ...

In 2013, interest in social robotics grew when the University of Notre Dame published results from a study of 19 children with autism, which may be the largest trial to date for this technology.

But robots aren’t for everybody. Some children are profoundly disinterested or even flat-out afraid of the beings, Mataric says. “Some kids aren’t going to engage, and that’s fine,” she ...

Robots Could Be Key to Teaching Autistic Children Social Skills Sep 13, 2018 at 6:20 AM EDT Milo, a social robot from the Dalla manufacturer Robokind, demonstrates human emotions.

“Children with autism have trouble understanding and engaging other people’s emotions, and with socially assistive robots, the child may be more readily engaged without being overwhelmed ...

“Socially assistive robotics is a great area for doing good for humanity; it is also a great area for engaging typically underrepresented groups in computing and engineering.” Ragusa said she believes ...

The children, whose autism ranges from mild to severe, play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control.

People on the autism spectrum function differently, and find it more difficult to identify the human emotions of their peers. Educators therefore try to clarify feelings and vocabulary with children ...

For autistic children, who can get overwhelmed by complex social cues, learning communication skills from a robot is a bit like learning to ride a bike with training wheels: Unlike humans, robots ...

Even as the education technology industry rushes to develop robots that can deliver therapy to autistic children, research shows the devices are ineffective and unwanted, according to a new study ...

Robotics will eventually be used in the classroom for the general population, but the need now is to work with children with autism, Gifford said. “If you put a robot in front of a child, they ...

Robots aren’t known for their soft side. They build cars and defuse bombs; they don’t, as a rule, make friends or deal with feelings. But a few groups of researchers around the world are ...