Joseph Michaelis

However, most people in educational robotics, including Fumihide Tanaka, don't see robots replacing teachers, not even in the long term, but rather as a way of supporting teachers and supplementing curriculum, this support might be especially crucial given the ever-expanding size of classrooms, at least in the US.

Joseph Michaelis

Since humans are so strongly wired to interpret what they encounter in a social way, even simple actions, such as when a robot makes a small movement after a child presses its button, can be perceived as social.

Joseph Michaelis

The interaction with the robot and comments that Minnie makes about the books demonstrate some understanding of what is happening in a story but is not presented in an authoritative way.

Joseph Michaelis

We want the children to feel they are working together with a peer rather than being taught by a tutor or teacher, and so we design the interaction to be conversational.

Joseph Michaelis

It is also important to keep in mind that social norms about privacy are different from culture to culture, and the design of a social robot should be sensitive to this.

Joseph Michaelis

So distance learning is another project we are working on now. by Joseph Michaelis

So distance learning is another project we are working on now.

Joseph Michaelis

If we get it right. by Joseph Michaelis

If we get it right.

Joseph Michaelis