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2019 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

Development of artificial agents for the classroom and study of their efficiency

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K12167
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Principal Investigator

Venture Gentiane  東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 卓越教授 (30538278)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywordsremote teaching / intelligent robot / physical avatar
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In the first year of the project we have achieved our goals in setting up an infrastructure for data collection and then in data collection itself. Using motion capture technology (single camera and open pose) and eye tracking technology we have collected the behaviour data of both the lecturer and the students. The data from the lecturer were used to define teaching styles and important teaching behaviours and gestures that support the lecture content and the lecture material to improve audience understanding and memorization. The students’ data collected have allowed to differentiate several behaviours during a lecture. Questionnaire were used to verify the students impressions during the experiment. Quizzes have been used to verify the learning ability of the students.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The plan was well established and I didn't schedule things that we wouldn't be doing. So every goes very smoothly and we are on track with our objectives.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

We are now entering phase B and C of the project:
B.Big data/Machine learning: all the collected data in A are then processed to be ana-lysed in machine learning algorithms. We will use a recurrent neural network (RNN) architec-ture, known to be very powerful in highlighting features in complex data set and enabling be-haviour recognition. We will use language programming python and the open machine learning library “tensor flow” to develop our software. This will result in an offline behaviour analysis software of both lecturer and students’ behaviours, enabling us to choose the relevant features for step C. Relevant features will be compared with the know-how in education and see if they are in adequation or if other features need to be considered.
C.Realtime behaviour recognition system: The relevant features found in B. will be used to develop a real-time algorithm to identify the changes in students’ behaviour. Again, this is based on an implementation of machine learning algorithm in real-time for classification. We propose here to use RNN or auto-encoders depending of the nature of the features found in B.

  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Queen Mary University London(英国)

    • Country Name
      UNITED KINGDOM
    • Counterpart Institution
      Queen Mary University London
  • [Int'l Joint Research] AGH(ポーランド)

    • Country Name
      POLAND
    • Counterpart Institution
      AGH
  • [Journal Article] Towards IoT-Aided Human?Robot Interaction Using NEP and ROS: A Platform-Independent, Accessible and Distributed Approach2020

    • Author(s)
      Coronado Enrique、Venture Gentiane
    • Journal Title

      Sensors

      Volume: 20 Pages: 1500~1500

    • DOI

      10.3390/s20051500

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Adaptive Fuzzy and Predictive Controllers for Expressive Robot Arm Movement during Human and Environment Interaction2019

    • Author(s)
      Ardila Liz Rincon、Coronado Enrique、Hendra Hansen、Phan Julyando、Zainalkefli Zur、Venture Gentiane
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research

      Volume: none Pages: 207~219

    • DOI

      10.18178/ijmerr.8.2.207-219

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Visual Sensing Platform for Robot Teachers2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Shi, Y. Chen, L. Rincon, G. Venture, M.-L. Bourguet
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Human-Agent Interaction

      Volume: none Pages: 200-201

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] On the Role of Trust in Child-Robot Interaction*2019

    • Author(s)
      Zguda Paulina、Sniezynski Bartlomiej、Indurkhya Bipin、Kolota Anna、Jarosz Mateusz、Sondej Filip、Izui Takamune、Dziok Maria、Belowska Anna、Jedras Wojciech、Venture Gentiane
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of the 28th IEEE Int. Conf. on Robot & Human Interactive Communication, New Delhi, India, October 14-18, 2019

      Volume: none Pages: none

    • DOI

      10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956400

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Challenges of Working on Educational Social Robots2019

    • Author(s)
      M.-L. Bourguet, G. Venture
    • Journal Title

      ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshop on the Challenges of Working on Social Robots that Collaborate with People, Glasgow, UK

      Volume: none

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Challenges of Working on Educational Social Robots2019

    • Author(s)
      M.-L. Bourguet, G. Venture
    • Organizer
      ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Workshop on the Challenges of Working on Social Robots that Collaborate with People, Glasgow, UK, 4th-9th May, 2019.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Visual Sensing Platform for Robot Teacher2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Shi, Y. Chen, L. Rincon, G. Venture, M.-L. Bourguet
    • Organizer
      Int. Conf. on Human-Agent Interaction, pp.200-201, Kyoto, Japan, October 6-10, 2019.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the Role of Trust in Child-Robot Interaction2019

    • Author(s)
      Zguda Paulina、Sniezynski Bartlomiej、Indurkhya Bipin、Kolota Anna、Jarosz Mateusz、Sondej Filip、Izui Takamune、Dziok Maria、Belowska Anna、Jedras Wojciech、Venture Gentiane
    • Organizer
      28th IEEE Int. Conf. on Robot & Human Interactive Communication, New Delhi, India, October 14-18, 2019
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "Living with robots, how far, how close?"2019

    • Author(s)
      G. Venture
    • Organizer
      IROS 2019 Keynote, Macau, 4th-8th November, 2019.
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] "How to conduct HRI experiments in unstructured environments”2019

    • Author(s)
      G. Venture
    • Organizer
      Humanoids 2019 Workshop on Challenges and solutions for humanoid robot interaction and collaboration,Toronto, Canada, 15th, October, 2019.
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2021-01-27  

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