Researchers develop game app for autism rehabilitation

Post Reply New Topic

Researchers from China and Cambridge team led by Professor Barbara Sahakian are developing a game app based on artificial intelligence technology to help children with autism.
The game app, named “AI monkey”, is co-developed by the Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine and the University of Cambridge. The game is designed for autistic children aged between two and four, who can use this game as rehabilitation training at home.

The game is interactive and utilizes facial recognition technology. When a child looks at the face of the monkey in the game, the monkey will intimate the child’s behaviour and facial expression such as shaking its head or sticking out its tongue. If the child stops looking at the monkey or loses concentration, the monkey on the screen will disappear immediately, turning into fireworks to reattract the child’s attention.