Robot Partner Autistic Children Training App

Robot Partner Autistic Children Training App
by Shumeng Hou

• Awarded April 15, 2021
• CLIENT: Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
• 6.097

Robot Partner is a training mobile App aiming at improving the social and emotional skills for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder aged four to six. Early researchers have found that comparing to interacting with people in real world, autistic children are more interested in communicating with robots. Based on the above research findings, a virtual character of robot was created to guide autistic children going through training activities in three modules including Speech and Gesture, Emotion, and Social Interaction.