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What are PEERbots?

Peer-based ​Educational & ​E​motional ​Relationships​:
​A social robot and assistive communication toolkit for caregivers looking for new solutions.

​How it works: ​A step stool for human relationships

• Children with social and emotional challenges, including autism can become overwhelmed by human social interaction.
• Socially assistive robots are a judgement-free way to help individuals of all abilities engage.
• Participants engage more easily, put in more effort and have more fun.
• Results increase over time and generalize to human relationships.

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Remote Puppets for Education and Wellness

PEERbots are essentially specialized ​puppets​, where the teacher or facilitator is completely in control and assuring appropriate responses to the individual or class. It’s easy for non-technical individuals to create, edit and share content in advance. This means an expert educator or facilitator can scale their impact by sharing with others (or for example create content that could be taken and used at home for continuity and reinforcement).

Some of our most enthusiastic users have been teachers, special educators and practitioners. Our goal is to continue improving the tool we already have to better serve parents and caregivers. An additional goal is to establish partnerships with researchers and educators.