At a library in Southern California, robots aren't cold and scary: They're providing the interaction some of the library's youngest patrons are craving. For four-year-old Luke Sepulveda, finding a ...

The United States guarantees 7.2 million students with disabilities an equal education. But the system is broken. For this package, we spoke with students, parents, teachers, and advocates about the ...

Parents cherish bedtime stories and games with their little ones, but children with autism can't always focus during those special times. Now, researchers are learning how robots could play a role in ...

Robbie has autism. Researchers are using the robot to teach him how to focus on people and objects in his environment. Try to get a kid to clean up when he can't pay attention to what's on the floor.

Researchers in the UK have designed a new groundbreaking type of social robot that mimics therapy horses and helps people regulate emotions, making a huge step forward in the pursuit of better mental ...

Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old girl with autism started playing with a robot that teaches about ...

BACKGROUND: Autism is a brain development disorder defined by impaired social interaction and communication, and restrictive and repetitive behavior. Many of these signs present themselves before a ...

A study has revealed that robots can serve not merely as toys but as excellent teachers for children with autism spectrum ...

In a recent review published in Behavioral Science, researchers summarized the current evidence regarding whether people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) find it easier to interact with robot ...

A new study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning introduces a novel Robot-Inspired Computer-Assisted Adaptive Autism Therapy (RoboCA3T) that leverages the natural affinity of ...