Movia Robotics got started helping kids with autism when founder Timothy Gifford’s wife told him schools needed tools to help kids in the classroom. The robots provide social cues to the kids by using external sensors. The robots are predictable and repetitive so that children can learn responses to social situations that involve real people. Gifford explained, “We're trying to improve their quality of life by giving them basic skills," he says, "and through these skills giving them a way to better interact in the world with kids and adults.”