The four-year Englishwoman Eden frightened ran off to the side, when she saw how some girl held out his arm. A hug for Eden were the same terrible agony, for Soviet schoolchildren visits to the dentist. But now, this baby suffering from autism He is engaged in a cheerful robot named Kaspar. And the girl in admiration of his new friend.
Kaspar teaches Eden joys of emotional and physical contact. Oh well, that girl today she seeks to embrace all the people counter. "Now it is much more pleasant to spend time with her friends, she even offers them different games," - Mom is happy Eden.
In the British town of Stevenadzhe opened a special elementary school for Autistic Children . It has become a platform for experiments, the researchers created a similar robot the size of a human child. Once a week these robots meet their living friends, helping to overcome many obstacles in the way of emotional and psychological development, which imposes autism .
Kaspar has to work with children with moderate and severe manifestation autism . For each child communication with the robot takes about 10 minutes, it takes place under the supervision of specialists. Kaspar robot smart, he knows how to smile, laugh, frown, blink and stretching hands to grasp. Robot created by scientists from the University of Hertfordshire, and its cost is 1300 pounds.
Researchers have come up with several versions of Kaspar, the most advanced of them can even play console Nintendo Wii. While these robots are the experimental stage, but preliminary results have shown high efficiency models when working with autistic children . Child with autism usually bad treats people, because they do not understand the expressions on their faces. Robots in this respect is much more accessible and safe, as they are very predictable.
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