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18 October 2011

#Robots built to help autistic children: An effective therapist might just be metallic, mechanical and nonhuman. #cyborgculture Bandit, who has been around in various incarnations since 2007, is human-ish but still obviously a machine, which is exactly the look that Mataric and colleagues were aiming for. If he looked too much like a robot, kids wouldn’t want to be his friend. And if he looked too human, he would likely make kids with autism feel intimidated and overwhelmed. “It was a balance that we had to find,” she says. Photo: Bandit is designed to be helpful with autistic children. Credit: Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times

#Robots built to help autistic children: An effective therapist might just be metallic, mechanical and nonhuman. #cyborgculture

Bandit, who has been around in various incarnations since 2007, is human-ish but still obviously a machine, which is exactly the look that Mataric and colleagues were aiming for. If he looked too much like a robot, kids wouldn’t want to be his friend. And if he looked too human, he would likely make kids with autism feel intimidated and overwhelmed. “It was a balance that we had to find,” she says.

Photo: Bandit is designed to be helpful with autistic children. Credit: Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times

(Source: Los Angeles Times, via latimes)

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  5. theprophetv said: Heaven help us all! If they have to design robots that look like characters from the film Antz to work with autistic children, then in a sense, the battle is already lost. Why don’t they just dress the kids in Star Trek uniforms and go the whole hog?
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    If this works out, I’ll...out of a job! Although, there’s always this fear…
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    Fuck yeah, robots.
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