Humanoid robot helps train children with autism.
This story explains that children with autism are able to follow the humanoid robot better than a person. Drs. see this as a start or an additional support for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Today there are more children than ever diagnosed with ASD. The resources to help them all is limited so this humanoid robot might be a break through to helping more children.
Vanderbilt engineers help design and make this robot. Children wear a special hat which has sensors to see their head movements in response to commands from the robot.
Children spend more time viewing the robot that looking at a person's face. So the designers of this robot hope that it can be a tool to speed up the process for ASD children to gain social skills.
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