A new approach to sign language teaching: Humanoid robot usage

Author

Akalin, Neziha ; Kose, Hatice

Author_Institution

Bilgisayar Muhendisligi Bolumu, Istanbul Teknik Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

fYear

2014

fDate

23-25 April 2014

Firstpage

1902

Lastpage

1905

Abstract

This work is part of an ongoing work for sign language tutoring with imitation based turn-taking and interaction games with humanoid robots. The aim of the project is to motivate the children with communication problems to understand and imitate the signs implemented by the humanoid robots. In this study, we implemented selected words from Turkish Sign Language Dictionary on autonomous humanoid robots (NAO H-25 and Robovie R3). We also examined the effects of interaction games on sign language teaching between participants with different age groups and the humanoid robot.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer games; educational robots; human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; natural language processing; teaching; Turkish sign language dictionary; age groups; autonomous humanoid robots; humanoid robot usage; imitation based turn-taking; interaction games; sign language teaching; sign language tutoring; Assistive technology; Conferences; Gesture recognition; Humanoid robots; Robot sensing systems; Signal processing; Human-Robot Interaction; Interaction Games; Sign Language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), 2014 22nd

Conference_Location

Trabzon

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIU.2014.6830626

Filename

6830626