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Robot Milo Brings Efforts to Ease Autism, Teach STEM

Written by Jeff Goodman | Mar 20, 2019 1:38:19 PM

He already had more access than most lobbyists get – Milo stood right on an Assemblyman's desk and demanded attention.

"You're seeing the facial expression so he animates," explains Dr. Gregory Firn, the Chief Operating Officer of Robo-Kind out of Dallas, TX. "He's able to express that. And because he's not a human, humanoid enough -- but not human, he's safe to look at."

Milo met with Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara (D-Rotterdam), who has a son with autism. Robo-Kind is a company that is behind Robots-4-Autism and Robots-4-STEM. It has visual supports, verbal and visual response and it reinforces targeted behavior.

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