Baby BiBli the artificial autism robot

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Hi, I am working on a project to better understand autism via robotics. This is a TEDx talk I did that sort of explains it..

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jhartman/baby-bibli-the-artificial-autism-robot

Okay. I havent read the link yet. But how do simulate autism when they havent been able to simulate NT-ness yet? Shouldnt you learn the theme first? Before trying to perform the variations?

The linked video is not a TEDx talk and doesn't explain.
I searched for the TEDx talk on the TEDx Youtube channel and found nothing. I searched Jalali Hartman on Youtube and found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOPNerwBVWU

The demo seems to be of robots that are mostly packaging producing random statements and sounds being triggered by someone working a laptop.

The introductory stuff about water seemed to be from a non-science, non-engineering perspective which was surprising.

Are you an engineer? What is your background? Your previous projects seem to be mostly about web-based marketing.

Is the "Captain Bibli" prototype case built with Pepakura? What components are under the shell?

Can you explain what this project is trying to do? On the one hand it sounds like you are trying to use robotics as some kind of model for autism, and on the other the idea seems to be to provide interactive robots as some kind of therapy? Or is the construction of the robots from kits the therapy?

What does Bibli offer that people can't already do with an Arduino kit?

There are a lot ideas vaguely associated with the project, but they are not coherently organized and it's hard to tell what the heart of the project really is supposed to be. Perhaps this is why the previous Kickstarter failed to meet its goals and the current one looks unlikely to succeed? If you have a useful idea to promote, it would be very helpful if you stated it clearly.

your summary helped save me the trouble of wading through...it....many thanks

Hi, thanks for the feedback. When we started looking into what was available on the market - there was nothing. Either an iPad or a really expensive humanoid. Neither really seem to do much. So we started to build a platform - that is what BiBli is. It's allowing us to create customized learning programs for students and teachers. This iteration includes the development of additional A.I. or 'artificial autism' in which all robots are working to understand human/machine interaction. The goal here is to open up access. It doesn't need to be complex but we have to get these bridges in place. In particular with the younger kids. P.S. this campaign has far exceeded the goal, we have multiple multi-unit orders from schools and libraries coming. If anyone wants one of the [...] kits and wants to help with this iteration we'd love some feedback and assistance. We are simply trying to get to the next iteration.

[You should get permission from Alex before advertising a product here]

Last edited by Adamantium on 23 Dec 2015, 10:25 am, edited 1 time in total.: Removing advertising

You don't want to talk meaningfully about your background, the specific goals of the program or the underlying technology.

I have to say this does not inspire confidence.