| Budget Amount *help |
¥27,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥21,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,450,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥14,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In contrast to conventional educational robots that were designed to play the role of human teachers or caregivers, we propose the opposite scenario in which robots receive instruction or care from children (care-receiving robot). We implemented this idea with a commercial humanoid robot platform, and then conducted a field study to evaluate if the care-receiving robot could promote children's spontaneous learning by teaching through their teaching the robot. The concept as well as the results were highly appreciated by academic societies, which produced many opportunities of our invited talks. This care-receiving robot methodology was also adopted by a major industry in an educational application of a commercial personal robot.
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