Kiwi

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Kiwi is a tabletop robot tutor and friend. It has a bird-like appearance, LCD face, and is used in classroom activities and for working with children with autism spectrum disorder.

Creator: University of Southern California
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Year: 2016
Type: Research, Education

Creator: University of Southern California

Country: United States 🇺🇸

Year: 2016

Type: Research, Education

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Images

Kiwi has helped children with autism to talk, smile, interact, and play.

Photo: University of Southern California

Teacher, helper, friend.

Photo: University of Southern California

$Kiwi\'s robotic skeleton.$

Kiwi's robotic skeleton.

Photo: University of Southern California

Videos

A short film on robots helping kids with autism.

Video: USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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Did You Know?

Kiwi has been in its own movie about how it can play with kids in an elementary school setting.

Kiwi has helped children with autism to talk, smile, interact, and play.

Specs

FEATURES: Interchangeable skins for varying appearance. The SPRITE (Stewart Platform Robot for Interactive Tabletop Engagement) robot is built around a 6 degrees-of-freedom Stewart platform base, with a bracket that holds a mobile device, on which the robot's face is displayed.
HEIGHT: 30 cm | 12 in
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WEIGHT: N/A kg | N/A lb
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SENSORS: N/A
ACTUATORS: Power HD 1235MG servo with Micro Maestro 6-channel USB servo controller
POWER: N/A
COMPUTING: N/A
SOFTWARE: N/A
DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF): 6
MATERIALS: N/A
COST: $4,500
STATUS: Ongoing
WEBSITE: http://robotics.usc.edu/interaction/robots/