Interactive educational robot
Social robotics to support learning among primary school children
The demonstrator shows how social robotics can be used in education to provide interactive learning support for primary school children. Using the examples of ‘Reading-NAO’ and ‘Maths-NAO’, it brings to life the possibilities and limitations of humanoid robots in delivering motivating, personalised learning experiences.
Challenge
The demonstrator addresses the need for motivating and accessible learning opportunities that appeal to children individually and encourage them to engage actively and enthusiastically with basic skills such as reading and arithmetic.
Relevance
The development of basic skills such as reading and arithmetic is central to a child’s future educational journey. Particularly engaging and interactive learning experiences can further motivate children to engage with these topics voluntarily and with a high level of attention. In the long term, such systems can also open up new possibilities for supporting educational provision.
Our solution
The demonstrator aims to illustrate how social robotics can be used in the education sector as a particularly motivating learning experience, whilst at the same time allowing users to experience the technological feasibility of such applications, along with their possibilities and limitations.
How does it work?
Users can experience concise, illustrative demonstrations of two application scenarios:
- Interactive story reading followed by a comprehension dialogue, using the ‘Reading NAO’ as an example
- Maths quiz with interactive responses via QR-coded cards, using the ‘Maths NAO’ as an example
The demonstrator is suitable both as a showcase and as a hands-on test system.
Areas of application
Primary schools, libraries, after-school clubs and all-day care programmes, extracurricular learning venues, special educational needs institutions
Technologies
Social robotics, humanoid robotics, human-robot interaction, speech synthesis and gesture-based interaction using the NAO platform as an example, image processing, AI, content management systems
At the heart of the demonstrator is the NAO humanoid robot from Aldebaran Robotics (formerly SoftBank Robotics, now acquired by Maxvision). It is equipped with speech synthesis, microphones, cameras, sensors and motorised joints for gestures and movements, making it particularly well-suited to interactive human-robot interaction in educational settings.
Where can you see this demonstrator in action?
TH Wildau, RoboticLab Telematics / iCampus Wildau
