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Undergraduates research robot therapy for autism

February 28, 2019

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Undergraduate researchers Ava Parrish (back left), Katie Hasbrouck (seated, center), and Logan Lockwood (seated, right) demonstrate how they used Martin (aka Milo), the humanoid robot, to teach social skills and language pragmatics to children who experience autism. Photo courtesy of Joanne Healy.
Undergraduate researchers Ava Parrish (back left), Katie Hasbrouck (seated, center), and Logan Lockwood (seated, right) demonstrate how they used Martin (aka Milo), the humanoid robot, to teach social skills and language pragmatics to children who experience autism. Photo courtesy of Joanne Healy.


Three undergraduate students studying the success of a robot designed to teach social and language skills to children who experience autism participated in a statewide conference earlier this week.

Ava Parrish is supported by a scholarship from the Biomedical Learning and Student Training program, or BLaST. Katie Hasbrouck and Logan Lockwood are supported by URSA, the Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity program.

The three researchers shared their experiences with new and veteran special educators at the Alaska Statewide Special Education Conference.