Comments on: Kaspar The “Friendly” Robot For Autistic Children

By: Srirosmardiyah

Srirosmardiyah — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:51:00 +0000

i’m sorry, but i think the prices is too expensive. my youngest brother got autism since he was born, he still couldn’t speak well until now. he almost 10 years old now. he couldn’t speak well, maybe just mumbling i think, really not clear. i really want to help my parents. i search the article and information. and for us the prices is too expensive. additionally, we pay for his school enough expensive every month. im looking for anyone help

By: Chey

Chey — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:19:00 +0000

to answer your question keat, its because autistic children cant relate to real emotions that dont involve them or logic. The robot is there to moderate and be a buffer of sorts. My little brother is autistic, so i know exactly how this helps.

By: Louis Nardozi

Louis Nardozi — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:13:00 +0000

The robot only does what is programmed. Autistic children lack the filters we all have built in so they receive so much sensory data they have problems interpreting it. The robot does only what is programmed and so is easier to interpret.

By: KV

KV — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:03:00 +0000

You can control how a robot responds to an autistic child but you can’t control how another child would respond to an autistic child. It’s important for autistic children have a model to mimic behaviors and to recognize emotions. True you can have an adult do these things but children tend to work better with peers.

By: KV

KV — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:03:00 +0000

By: P_ledesma

P_ledesma — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:07:00 +0000

For some reason Autistic children really attach to objects (teddy bears, and robots apparently) more so then people, I’m not sure why.

By: Keat

Keat — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:14:00 +0000

I’m not doubting that it works, but I’m just curious about how/why. To an autistic child, in what way is interacting with a humanoid robot so different from interacting with a human, that the former is more helpful than the latter?