‘Nico, a humanoid robot developed by Brian Scassellati’s lab at Yale University, has a head, neck, torso, one arm and 20 joints and motors. It mimics the movement of an infant, and is modelled after theories about how children learn to reach and grasp objects….

But Nico’s most interesting asset is that it was designed to interact with children and evaluate models of social development and help diagnose disorders like autism.“’

Read more at Nico, the social robot

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