Humanoid Robot Used to Treat Autism From: Design News - 09/2012 - page M4 By: Elizabeth Montalbano Children with autism struggle to relate directly to other people. But what happens when they interact with a child-sized robot that has an expressive human face but isn't limited by emotional reactions to their struggles? Researchers at the University of Texas Arlington (UTA) are working with the Dallas Autism Treatment Center to find out through Zeno, a robot that has been tested with patients to help them develop more appropriate responses to everyday social interactions. Zeno's face looks and feels real, and also displays different expressions, which helps an autistic child interact with it more easily than with an adult. Read the entire article and view a video (0:28) at: http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=248880 Links: Quicker diagnosis, better treatment hoped for autistic children through robot technology http://www.uta.edu/news/releases/2012/07/robot-autism-popa.php Hanson Robotics (with videos) http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/ Dallas Autism Treatment Center http://www.atcoftexas.org/