BOSTON: Scientists have developed a furry, brightly colored robot that serves as peer learner to encourage students in a classroom and can create a personalized motivational strategy by interpreting emotional responses of a child.
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in US and Tel Aviv University in Israel developed the socially assistive robot called Tega, that is designed to serve as a one-on-one peer learner in or outside of the classroom. Testing the setup in a preschool classroom, the researchers showed that the system can learn and improve itself in response to the unique characteristics of the students it worked with.
It proved to be more effective at increasing students' positive attitude towards the robot and activity than a non-personalized robot assistance.
The researchers piloted the system with 38 students aged three to five in a Boston-area school last year. Each student worked individually with Tega for 15 minutes per session over the course of eight weeks.
Tega uses an Android device to process movement, perception and thinking and can respond appropriately to children's behaviors.
It is equipped with a second Android phone containing custom software that can interpret the emotional content of facial expressions, a method known as "affective computing."
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in US and Tel Aviv University in Israel developed the socially assistive robot called Tega, that is designed to serve as a one-on-one peer learner in or outside of the classroom. Testing the setup in a preschool classroom, the researchers showed that the system can learn and improve itself in response to the unique characteristics of the students it worked with.
It proved to be more effective at increasing students' positive attitude towards the robot and activity than a non-personalized robot assistance.
The researchers piloted the system with 38 students aged three to five in a Boston-area school last year. Each student worked individually with Tega for 15 minutes per session over the course of eight weeks.
Tega uses an Android device to process movement, perception and thinking and can respond appropriately to children's behaviors.
It is equipped with a second Android phone containing custom software that can interpret the emotional content of facial expressions, a method known as "affective computing."
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