Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids
From: EDN - 03/08/2011

Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and
turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl
began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact -
and now she hugs everyone. 

Read the entire story at:
http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2011/03/Europe/Kaspar-the-friendly-robot/?et_cid=1241052&et_rid=45551987

Links:
Ben Robins
http://homepages.stca.herts.ac.uk/~comqbr/

Adaptive Systems Research Group
http://adapsys.feis.herts.ac.uk/

Robokin Project
http://www.roboskin.eu/

Kaspar - Kinesics and Synchronisation in Personal Assistant Robotics
http://kaspar.feis.herts.ac.uk/