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Can Music
and Robots
Help Children
With ASD?
A new National Institutes of
Health project is testing whether
using a music-based system with
children on the autism spectrum
can aid their interactions with a
robotic companion.
Project lead Chung Hyuk Park
of the New York Institute of
Technology seeks to branch out
from using robots in studies of
speech interaction or task-based
scenarios-and to find new ways
to stimulate emotional and social
interaction of children with ASD.
The research builds on
previous studies indicating that
some children with ASD show
improvements in social skills
when encouraged to improvise
with musical instruments or
song.
This project is part of NIH's
three-year participation in the
Interagency National Robotics
Initiative to develop innovative
co-robots-robots that work
cooperatively with people.
Other participants are the
National Science Foundation,
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Funding for these projects totals
approximately $2.3 million over
the next five years, subject to the
availability of funds.
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