Design for Children’s Playful Learning with Robots

Lupetti, Maria Luce; Yao, Yuan; Mi, Haipeng; Germak, Claudio

doi:10.3390/fi9030052

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“…Additionally, much research has been conducted more broadly on child-robot interactions [ 38 – 40 ], infant-robot interactions [ 41 , 42 ], robots for social isolation [ 6 ], and child-computer interactions (in HCI) [ 43 , 44 ]. Studies have also explored children interacting with robots for playful learning related to the associations between sounds and colors [ 45 ] and as cooperative co-players in interactive playgrounds [ 46 ].…”

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The Power of Robot-mediated Play: Forming Friendships and Expressing Identity

Ahumada-Newhart

Schneider

Riek

2023

J. Hum.-Robot Interact.

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Tele-operated collaborative robots are used by many children for academic learning. However, as child-directed play is important for social-emotional learning, it is also important to understand how robots can facilitate play. In this paper, we present findings from analysis of a national, multi-year case study, where we explore how 53 children in grades K-12 ( n =53) used robots for self-directed play activities. The contributions of this paper are as follows. First, we present empirical data on novel play scenarios that remote children created using their tele-operated robots. These play scenarios emerged in five categories of play: physical, verbal, visual, extracurricular, and wished for play. Second, we identify two unique themes that emerged from the data—robot-mediated play as a foundational support of general friendships and as a foundational support of self-expression and identity. Third, our work found that robot-mediated play provided benefits similar to in-person play. Findings from our work will inform novel robot and HRI design for tele-operated and social robots that facilitate self-directed play. Findings will also inform future interdisciplinary studies on robot-mediated play.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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The Power of Robot-mediated Play: Forming Friendships and Expressing Identity

Ahumada-Newhart

Schneider

Riek

2023

J. Hum.-Robot Interact.

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“…The development of the pediatric orthosis is different from the development of adult orthosis because children will need not only much smaller orthoses that are lighter and less robust but also flexible enough to accommodate perhaps less predictable behavior. Additionally, the orthosis should enable them to move by walking upright like adults but also enable them to engage in a range of motions necessary to play with other children [77].…”

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Promoting inclusiveness in exoskeleton robotics: Addressing challenges for pediatric access

Fosch‐Villaronga

Čartolovni

Pierce

2020

Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics

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Pediatric access to exoskeletons lags far behind that of adults. In this article, we promote inclusiveness in exoskeleton robotics by identifying and addressing challenges and barriers to pediatric access to this potentially life-changing technology. We first present available exoskeleton solutions for upper and lower limbs and note the variability in the absence of these. Next, we query the possible reasons for this variability in access, explicitly focusing on children, who constitute a categorically vulnerable population, and also stand to benefit significantly from the use of this technology at this critical point in their physical and emotional growth. We propose the use of a life-based design approach as a way to address some of the design challenges and offer insights toward a resolution regarding market viability and implementation challenges. We conclude that the development of pediatric exoskeletons that allow for and ensure access to health-enhancing technology is a crucial aspect of the responsible provision of health care to all members of society. For children, the stakes are particularly high, given that this technology, when used at a critical phase of a child’s development, not only holds out the possibility of improving the quality of life but also can improve the long-term health prospects.

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“…Feedback and insights have already been collected to evaluate the soundness of the solution and to acquire reusable knowledge about how to design acceptable child-robot play experiences (Lupetti et al , 2017). The data collection consisted of the video recordings of the experiment, the children’s feedbacks through a questionnaire and the results obtained from two assessment forms, elaborated by referring to Read et al (2002).…”

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A video-based assessment of likeability and usability in a play application of robots for children

Lupetti

Norese

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct research with children, who have different abilities from adults, in terms of language understanding and level of attention, is a challenging task, especially concerning novel interactive systems such as social robots. Consequently, self-reporting methods are often replaced or supplemented by observational methods that are usually carried out taking advantage of video recordings. However, some limitations make this approach challenging for studies conducted with groups of children in real-world environments, whose relevance is being addressed more and more frequently in human-robot interaction (HRI) research. Thus, there is a growing need for rigorous observation approaches in unstructured test environments. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents an alternative analysis approach, in relation to an experimental child-robot interaction (CRI) application, which was developed at the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, China. The proposed methodology is based on the analysis of video recordings of in-wild activities of children with a robot. The methodology has the aim of providing a framework to facilitate knowledge identification and structuring. It was implemented for experiment evaluation and validation purposes and to propose a reference structure for the organization of new experiments and the stimulation of new ideas and activities in the design process. Findings This methodology provides a logical structure, which can be used to identify the effectiveness or limits of design choices, pertaining to such aspects as the morphology or movement of robots or the choice of their specific role in education, all of which play crucial roles in the design process and could be improved to achieve better results. This structured identification is a practical implication for the design process, above all when it is oriented toward social robots and their interaction with children or elderly senile people. In this case, the outcomes were the identification of important elements of an experiment (psychological profiles of the involved children and possible problems or risks) and their impact on the design process. Originality/value The methodological approach, which structures and uses cognitive maps to elaborate multicriteria evaluation models, is not new to the operations research field (where it is defined as a multimethodology application of Soft OR), but it has not yet been applied in the field of HRI studies, to analyze children’s perception of a robot and to identify the factors that can affect a good CRI or to structure knowledge that can be shared to guide the design process of robots for the experience of children playing.

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Design for Children’s Playful Learning with Robots

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

The Power of Robot-mediated Play: Forming Friendships and Expressing Identity

The Power of Robot-mediated Play: Forming Friendships and Expressing Identity

Promoting inclusiveness in exoskeleton robotics: Addressing challenges for pediatric access

A video-based assessment of likeability and usability in a play application of robots for children

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