Playdates with Robots
Playdates with Robots
The authors undertook their Learning with Kids project to investigate the use of robots interacting with children in a one-to-one setting to review or explain concepts. Their project involved collaboration with roboticists at Honda Research Institute USA and with a cognitive scientist from Columbia University. It had as a goal the development of tools to help children and robots engage in learning activities and to determine how to elicit active social interaction. They enlisted volunteer children aged 4 to 12 years old to engage in game play and storytelling activities with the robot.
