Adaptive and intuitive interactions with socially-competent pedagogical assistant robots

Author

Dimitrova, Maya ; Wagatsuma, Hiroaki ; Tripathi, Gyanendra Nath ; Guangyi Ai

Author_Institution

Inst. of Syst. Eng. & Robot., Sofia, Bulgaria

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The paper presents a novel framework for including social competence in pedagogical assistant robots based on recent social neuroscience investigations. An educational model describing the interplay of social interaction and social observation in typical children and children with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC) is proposed. The behavioral results of a study of human gaze movements while viewing a robot tutor are briefly presented. The implications for design of adaptive and intuitive robotic tutoring systems as pedagogical assistants for typical children and children with special educational needs are discussed.

Keywords

educational robots; handicapped aids; adaptive intuitive robotic tutoring systems; autistic spectrum conditions; educational model; human gaze movements; pedagogical assistant robots; social competence; social neuroscience investigations; special educational needs; Animals; Cognition; Education; Face; Neuroscience; Robots; autistic spectrum conditions; pedagogical assistant robots; robot tutoring; social competence; social neuroscience;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHET.2015.7218031

Filename

7218031