A “cuddly” robot that uses Artificial Intelligence and has a “face” framed by soft and pillow-like petals has been developed by a lab at Macedonia University in northern Greece in order to provide support to autistic children, ANA reports.
Answering to the name Margarita (or Daisy in English and made in pastel shades of sky blue and purple, the robot’s face can be smiling or serious, depending on the emotions it intends to convey. It was developed in the Lires Laboratory of the university’s education and social policy department and can also converse, and move its petals and is designed to assist teachers, therapists, and doctors in approaching a child with autism and helping it develop social skills.
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