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Hong Kong robots help autistic children boost social skills

Hong Kong robots help autistic children boost social skills

Autism tutor Sarah Ng uses robots to teach a five-year-old child with special needs to introduce herself, in Hong Kong, on April 17, 2021. (Reuters photo)

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong professor has developed an educational programme using role-playing robots to help children with autism improve their social skills, part of an initiative adopted by non-profit groups and schools.

The programme, Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI), is designed for people with autism between the ages of three and 18, and aims…

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