Paper Info
Title
Promoting Socialization Of Schoolchildren Using A Teleoperated Android: An Interaction Study
Abstract
Our research focuses on the social aspects of teleoperated androids as new media for human relationships and explores how they can contribute and encourage people to associate with others. We introduced Telenoid, a teleoperated android with a minimalistic human design, to elementary school classrooms to see how children respond to it. We found that Telenoid encourages children to work cooperatively and facilitates communication with senior citizens with dementia. Children differentiated their roles spontaneously and cooperatively participated in group work. In another class, we applied Telenoid to remote communication between schoolchildren and assisted living residents. The children felt relaxed about continuing their conversations with the elderly and positively participated in them. The results suggest that limited functionality may facilitate cooperation among participants, and varied embodiments may promote the learning process of the association with others, even those who are unfamiliar. We propose a teleoperated android as an educational tool to promote socialization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1142/S0219843613500072
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANOID ROBOTICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Telecommunication, android robot, minimal design, cooperation, role differentiation, inter-generational relationship, embodied communication, teleoperation, socialization
Teleoperation,Android (operating system),Simulation,Computer science,Android (robot),Interpersonal relationship,Group work,New media,Socialization,Remote communication
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
1
0219-8436
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.59
11
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ryuji Yamazaki1347.22
Shuichi Nishio218326.29
Kohei Ogawa315624.88
Kohei Matsumura42311.45
Takashi Minato529037.48
Hiroshi Ishiguro64680513.13
Tsutomu Fujinami7397.20
Masaru Nishikawa840.59