2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Education Support Using a Care-Receiving Robot for Children
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23680020
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Perception information processing/Intelligent robotics
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba (2011-2012, 2014)
The University of Tokyo (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 知能ロボティクス / 教育支援 / 幼児教育 / ケア・レシーバー型ロボット / Learning by teaching / HRI / 学習支援 / 子ども |
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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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| Free Research Field |
ソーシャルロボティクス
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