Impression Effects of Collaborative Learning with Robots which Acts using Body Motion and Facial Expression

Abstract

The growth of robot technology has prompted growing interest in educational-support robots. Previous studies reported that robots which alternate between the roles of the speaker and listener can prompt college students to learn by alternately solving questions with the robots. As the speaker, the robot explained a solution to its partner and solved a question. As the listener, the robot did not solve questions itself, but instead payed attention to its partner that solves the questions. However, the previous study used the robots which acts the speaker and listener by only facial expression. We did not know the effect of the robots which acts the speaker and listener by facial expression and body motion. Thus, this study investigate the effect of the robots the robots which acts the speaker and listener by facial expression and body motion.