A Robot that learns and teaches english language to native Chinese children

Author

Zia-ul-Haque, Qazi S M ; Wang, Zhiliang ; Li, Cunyang ; Wang, Juan ; Yujun

Author_Institution

Univ. of Sci. & Technol. Beijing, Beijing

fYear

2007

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1087

Lastpage

1092

Abstract

We are working towards development of interactive robots for in house use. In house use of robots may vary from physical services to personal assistant and caregiver. We present here a robot that serves as a companion who helps Chinese kids in learning and improving their English Language skills. There are two versions of our robot 1) a soft robotic avatar and 2) a physical interactive toy robot. The robot interacts with users through speech and conventional I/Os. It not only teaches English to kids but also learns English language from instructor to enhance its teaching capabilities. This paper presents the developmental model of such robot, its performance and features.

Keywords

avatars; human computer interaction; intelligent robots; interactive devices; natural languages; English language; caregiver; interactive robots; native Chinese children; personal assistant; physical interactive toy robot; soft robotic avatar; Educational robots; Humanoid robots; Humans; Lips; Medical treatment; Natural languages; Robotic assembly; Service robots; Speech; Torso; Human-Robot Interaction; Soft Robots; Speech Recognition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Biomimetics, 2007. ROBIO 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sanya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1761-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1758-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522315

Filename

4522315