Robot playmates may help children with autism

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Feil-Seifer Matari263 and assistants: a doorway into the attention of ASD children. Credit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Feil-Seifer, Matarić and assistants: "a doorway into the attention" of ASD children. Credit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Papers delivered at three conferences in the US and Europe this summer report on new research at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering studying interactions of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with bubble-blowing robots.


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