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KASPAR at The National Autistic Society’s (NAS) Professional Conference

KASPAR, the interactive humanoid robot designed by Dr Kerstin Dautenhahn and her team from the School of Computer Sciences, made its appearance at The National Autistic Society’s (NAS) Professional Conference in Manchester this week (28-29 February).  Senior autism professionals from … Continue reading

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KASPAR Robot celebrated as Big Idea for the Future Research selected for leading report

The University of Hertfordshire’s groundbreaking work on a child-like robot it developed to help children with autism, has been chosen as one of the most important research projects taking place in universities today, with the publication today (16 June) of … Continue reading

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KASPAR appears on ‘Fern’ show

A robot which was developed by researchers at the University to help children with autism to learn about social interaction has recently appeared in over 800 news articles nationally and internationally. KASPAR the robot can be controlled and tailored to … Continue reading

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Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic children

Kaspar, a child-sized robot developed by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire has been taken into a school in Stevenage, UK to help children with autism to communicate better. Read more

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