Robots better than for autistic children

Autistic children find robots less threatening than people as they are more predictable.
Latest tech for schools on display Watch Autistic children may learn better from robots than from human teachers, according to evidence emerging from a trial at a school in Birmingham.
Two humanoid robots, Max and Ben, have been helping teach children with autism at Topcliffe Primary since March.
The school is the first in the UK to try the technology.
Head teacher Ian Lowe said: "The robots have no

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