Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot?

Ali, Safinah; Moroso, Tyler; Breazeal, Cynthia

doi:10.1145/3325480.3325499

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“…A study carried out by Ali et al (2019) emulated creativity in a robot and studied if children's creativity levels increased after interacting with this robot compared to a robot that did not exhibit creativity behaviors. The authors found that children who interacted with a creative robot generated more ideas, explored more themes, and were more original, than children who interacted with a non-creative robot [42].…”

Section: Robots For Creativitymentioning

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Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Alves‐Oliveira

Arriaga

Cronin

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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Creativity is an intrinsic human ability with multiple benefits across the lifespan. Despite its importance, societies not always are well equipped with contexts for creativity stimulation; as a consequence, a major decline in creative abilities occurs at the age of 7 years old. We investigated the effectiveness of using a robotic system named YOLO as an intervention tool to stimulate creativity in children. During the intervention, children used YOLO as a character for their stories and through the interaction with the robot, creative abilities were stimulated. Our study (n = 62) included 3 experimental conditions: i) YOLO displayed behaviors based on creativity techniques; ii) YOLO displayed behaviors based on creativity techniques plus social behaviors; iii) YOLO was turned off, not displaying any behaviors. We measured children's creative abilities at pre-and post-testing and their creative process through behavior analysis. Results showed that the interaction with YOLO contributed to higher creativity levels in children, specifically contributing to the generation of more original ideas during story creation. This study shows the potential of using social robots as tools to empower intrinsic human abilities, such as the ability to be creative.

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Section: Robots For Creativitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Alves‐Oliveira

Arriaga

Cronin

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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“…For example, the terms 'Human-Robot Interaction', 'Social Robot' and 'Child-Robot Interaction' also contribute to this LO. Several studies highlight that children interacting with the highly creative robot formed more ideas, explored more themes of ideas, and generated more creative ideas [105]. Although social robots are not the only way to provide this creativity support through behavioural modelling, they certainly are a compelling way [105].…”

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Educational Robotics: Platforms, Competitions and Expected Learning Outcomes

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“…Additionally, due to their physical and interactive nature, they become a technology that can uniquely impact creativity stimulation. Ali, Moroso, and Breazel [22] demonstrated that a robot displaying creative behaviors positively influenced the creativity of children. The authors found that children who interacted with a creative robot generated more ideas, explored more themes, and were more original, than children who interacted with a non-creative robot [22].…”

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“…Ali, Moroso, and Breazel [22] demonstrated that a robot displaying creative behaviors positively influenced the creativity of children. The authors found that children who interacted with a creative robot generated more ideas, explored more themes, and were more original, than children who interacted with a non-creative robot [22]. Additionally, Gordon et al [23] demonstrated that children become more curious, an important creativity trait, when interacting with a curious robot.…”

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Software architecture for YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot

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YOLO is a social robot designed and developed to stimulate creativity in children through storytelling activities. Children use it as a character in their stories. This article details the artificial intelligence software developed for YOLO. The implemented software schedules through several Creativity Behaviors to find the ones that stimulate creativity more effectively. YOLO can choose between convergent and divergent thinking techniques, two important processes of creative thought. These techniques were developed based on the psychological theories of creativity development and on research from creativity experts who work with children. Additionally, this software allows the creation of Social Behaviors that enable the robot to behave as a believable character. On top of our framework, we built 3 main social behavior parameters: Exuberant, Aloof, and Harmonious. These behaviors are meant to ease immersive play and the process of character creation. The 3 social behaviors were based on psychological theories of personality and developed using children's input during co-design studies. Overall, this work presents an attempt to design, develop, and deploy social robots that nurture intrinsic human abilities, such as the ability to be creative.

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Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot?

Cited by 54 publications

References 29 publications

Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Educational Robotics: Platforms, Competitions and Expected Learning Outcomes

Software architecture for YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot

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