Robot and system for assisting autistic child therapy

The invention discloses a robot for assisting autistic child therapy. The robot comprises an image collection device, a sound collection device, a sound display device and a control device, wherein the image collection device is used for collecting external image information of the robot and sending the collected information to the control device; the sound collection device is used for collecting the external sound information of the robot and sending the collected information to the control device; the sound display device can play audios; the control device identifies a human face according to the image collected by the image collection device, detects the expression information of the human face when identifying the human face, and identifies voice according to the acoustic information; in addition, the control device generates control information for controlling the sound display device according to the expression information and/or the acoustic information; the sound display device displays the corresponding audio according to the control information. The robot for assisting the autistic child therapy can be movably close to an autistic child and communicate with the autistic child so as to assist the autistic child therapy.