12/03/2014 Newsround


12/03/2014

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Do you want to hear from a top Paralympian about Team GB's

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mega-success so far at Sochi? And do you want to meet the robot helping

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kids with autism? Then you're in the right place. I'm Ayshah and you're

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watching Newsround. One gold, two silver, one bronze.

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There are still four days left of the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, and

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Team GB have already smashed their medal target. This morning visually

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impaired skier Jade Etherington came second in the slalom. 15-year-old

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Millie Knight, Team GB's youngest ever competitor, came an impressive

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fifth. The Winter Paralympics have never been so big. So how can we

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make sure the future Millie Knights and Jade Etheringtons get the best

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chances? We've got a Paralympic star with us

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- it's wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft who won two golds at London

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2012. It's been brilliant stuff from Team GB in Sochi.

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What's your favourite moment so far? Millie Knight, being so young and

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carrying the flag and every single medal afterwards, running back more

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memories. Is there a winter sport you'd like to try? One of my

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competitors in wheelchair racing is currently doing Nordic skiing so I

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can do that, to! Do you feel it's a good time for British Paralympic

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sport? This is an amazing time, our success in Sochi is adding to the

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success in London and we are growing as a sport every year. Incredible.

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Are there enough opportunities for kids to get into Paralympic sports?

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There are more chances than before London, we have the playground

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podium, coming through schools and Sportsday, going around the country

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so everybody can try out every single sport. If kids are watching

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thinking, this is for me, what's your advice? Find a sport that you

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love and that is a first step. Thanks, Hannah..

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Next, to more of your fantastic robo-designs. Grace designed this

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amazing robot that can tidy up. Craig's cool Springbots hang out the

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washing. And Florrie and Heidi designed Robot Rex which looks after

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your dog when you're not there. Keep sending your designs to the

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Newsround website. But what about a robot that can help kids with

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autism? People who have autism can have problems relating to others and

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making sense of the world around them. Now British scientists have

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come up with some high tech help. Here's Ricky. Meet Casper, he might

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look unusual but this humanoid robot is helping young children living

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with autism. For children with autism, sometimes even the simplest

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things, like knowing when someone is happy, can be a challenge. The

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condition can make it very difficult for them to talk and play with

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others. But at this special school in Hertfordshire, they have a

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robotic teacher helping children to learn. Four-year-old Ireland gets to

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play with Casper every week. Shall we say hello? Scientists in children

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with autism like a simple features and repetitive phrases. Does he talk

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to you? Yes. He says hello. You cannot they can. You have to be

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careful. Do you like talking to him? Yes. I love to. Can you make Casper

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have a happy face? Teachers here say they have noticed an improvement in

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the way some children communicate. And researchers are working hard to

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further develop Casper. Engineers in Hertfordshire are using the latest

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technology to bring these robots to lie. They are even using a 3D

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printer to correct these plastic body parts. 20 new robots will be

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given to parents and schools later this year over the UK and it is

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hoped that Casper will help children with autism make new friends, go to

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school and understand the world around them a little bit better.

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We're robot crazy this week on the Newsround website. As well as your

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robot designs, you can watch Ricky spend the night in a robot house and

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meet the robots of the future. Plus there are stacks of fun quizzes and

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weird videos to keep you busy all afternoon.

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That's it, guys, we're out of time. I'm back just before 7pm with your

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last Newsround update of the day. See you then, right here on CBBC.

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Bye!

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