Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 293-308Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-014-0277-4
Keywords
Social robotics; Embodiment; Human-robot interaction; Child-robot interaction; Child learning
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Funding
- EU FP7 ALIZ-E Project [FP7-ICT-248116]
- FP7 DREAM project [FP7-ICT-611391]
- School of Computing and Maths, Plymouth University
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The application of social robots to the domain of education is becoming more prevalent. However, there remain a wide range of open issues, such as the effectiveness of robots as tutors on student learning outcomes, the role of social behaviour in teaching interactions, and how the embodiment of a robot influences the interaction. In this paper, we seek to explore children's behaviour towards a robot tutor for children in a novel guided discovery learning interaction. Since the necessity of real robots (as opposed to virtual agents) in education has not been definitively established in the literature, the effect of robot embodiment is assessed. The results demonstrate that children overcome strong incorrect biases in the material to be learned, but with no significant differences between embodiment conditions. However, the data do suggest that the use of real robots carries an advantage in terms of social presence that could provide educational benefits.
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