Garrattsville Student Studies How
Robots May Ease Autism Challenges
![SUNY Oneonta studeny Mark Crosby interfaces with Ricky the Robot, who is helping develop communication skills of children with autism. (SUNY Oneonta photo)](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mark_Crosby_robot.jpg)
ONEONTA – Mark Crosby of Garrattsville is on a three-member SUNY Oneonta research team studying how robots could help children with autism to develop communication skills.
The team is collaborating with a speech pathologist from the Broome-Tioga BOCES to observe how children with autism interact with humanoid robots they have programmed.
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