Verifying effectiveness of an expression education support robot that nods and gives hints

Suzuki, Koki; Yamada, S.; Kanoh, Masayoshi

doi:10.1109/cec.2016.7743956

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“…In the field of human-robot interaction, one study has found that, in the conversation between a robot and a human, the human became conscious of the robot when the robot nodded [8]. Based on this finding, this paper proposes implementing nodding behavior in the expression education support robot [9]. We feel that, by adding nodding actions as a form of giving hints to the learning-support and thus making the learner feel that the robot is evaluating his or her expression activity, it is possible to increase learning motivation.…”

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Investigating Effectiveness of an Expression Education Support Robot That Nods and Gives Hints

Suzuki¹,

Kanoh²

2017

J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform.

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In recent years, expression education, which improves the imagination and communication skills, has been attracting attention. It is necessary to provide the appropriate support and evaluation to each expression education student based on their imagination level and individual learning skills. However, it is difficult to match the individual students’ needs in the present educational institutions, where the instructions are typically offered in group settings. In this study, a robot is used as a substitute to the human instructor. Previous studies in the field proposed the use of robots that offer hints to boost the students’ imagination. This paper suggested that the robot had an education-support effect similar to that of a human instructor. However, it is critical to ensure that the learners are interested in the robot in order to achieve positive learning effects. Thus, we performed an experiment to verify the effectiveness of an expression education support robot that nods, as a form of non-verbal communication. The study results indicate the success of the proposed robot in improving the students learning effect and suggest the effectiveness of nodding as well as providing hints.

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confidence: 99%