New Robot With Artificial Skin To Improve Human Communication

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430065818.htm

A robot named “Kaspar” has been invented by Professor Kerstin Dauten as a tool to help communication skills with children who have autism. This robot is child-sized and is thought to encourage social interaction amongst the children. The idea behind using a robot is that it can have the ability to react to many different ways that children with autism play with it. Kaspar will also help the children to play in an appropriate and less aggressive way than they are possibly used to with their toys.