Robot uses AI to personalize teaching of autistic children

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Robot uses AI to personalize teaching of autistic children

Kiwi the robot adapts its lesson plans each child's changing needs

Researchers have developed a new personalized learning robot for autistic children that uses machine learning to adapt its lessons to each kid's changing needs.

The University of Southern California team put a "socially assistive robot" called Kiwi in the homes of 17 autistic children and set the two-foot-tall, green-feathered robot to give each child personalized classes.

Over the course of a month, the children played space-themed math games on a tablet device while Kiwi provided feedback and instruction, such as congratulating them on a correct answer or giving tips after a wrong one.

As the lessons progressed, algorithms adjusted Kiwi's feedback and the difficulty of the games to the child's individual needs.

[Read: Elon Musk says Neuralink can 'solve' autism with a brain chip. We call BS]

By the end of the month, all of the children had improved their math skills, while 92% had also improved t



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