Robotic assistants in therapy and education of children with autism: Can a small humanoid robot help encourage social interaction skills?
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This work is part of the Aurora project which investigates the possible use of robots in therapy and education of children with autism (Aurora 2003), based on findings that people with autism enjoy interacting with computers, e.g. (Powell, 1996). In most o ...
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