Obaid, Mohammad,1982Uppsala universitet,Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion,Bildanalys och människa-datorinteraktion,Social Robotics,Uppsala University
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Endowing a Robotic Tutor with Empathic Qualities: Design and Pilot Evaluation
As increasingly more research efforts are geared towards creating robots that can teach and interact with children in educational contexts, it has been speculated that endowing robots with artificial empathy may facilitate learning. In this paper, we provide a background to the concept of empathy, and how it factors into learning. We then present our approach to equipping a robotic tutor with several empathic qualities, describing the technical architecture and its components, a map-reading learning scenario developed for an interactive multitouch table, as well as the pedagogical and empathic strategies devised for the robot. We also describe the results of a pilot study comparing the robotic tutor with these empathic qualities against a version of the tutor without them. The pilot study was performed with 26 school children aged 10-11 at their school. Results revealed that children in the test condition indeed rated the robot as more empathic than children in the control condition. Moreover, we explored several related measures, such as relational status and learning effect, yet no other significant differences were found. We further discuss these results and provide insights into future directions.
Aylett, RuthHeriot-Watt University,Mathematics and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
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Barendregt, Wolmet,1971Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi (GU),Linnécentret for forskning om lärande (LinCS),Department of Applied Information Technology (GU),The Linnaeus Centre for Research on Learning, Interaction, and Mediated Communication in Contemporary Society (LinCS),University of Gothenburg,Department of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg, Sweden(Swepub:gu)xbarwo
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Basedow, ChristinaVancouver Island University,Department of Psychology, Vancouver Island University, Canada
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Corrigan, Lee J.University of Birmingham,Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
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Hall, LynneUniversity of Sunderland,Faculty of Computer Science, University of Sunderland, UK
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Jones, AidanUniversity of Birmingham,Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
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Kappas, ArvidDepartment of Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
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Küster, DennisUniversität Bremen,Department of Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
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Paiva, AnaUniversity of Lisbon,INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Papadopoulos, FotiosUniversity of Plymouth,School of Computing Electronics and Mathematics, Plymouth University, UK
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Serholt, Sofia,1986Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik (GU),Department of Computer Science and Engineering (GU),Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden(Swepub:gu)xserso
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Castellano, GinevraUppsala universitet,Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion,Bildanalys och människa-datorinteraktion,Social Robotics,Uppsala University(Swepub:uu)ginca820
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Uppsala universitetAvdelningen för visuell information och interaktion
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Ingår i:International Journal of Humanoid Robotics: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt15:60219-84361793-6942