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AP - Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact &mdash; and now she hugs everyone.<br style="clear: both;" /><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids   (AP)" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110308/ap_on_hi_te/eu_med_autism_robots" target="_blank">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110308/ap_on_hi_te/eu_med_autism_robots</a></p>