How to train your DragonBot: Socially assistive robots for teaching children about nutrition through play
(2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Short, E., Swift-Spong, K., Greczek, J., Ramachandran, A., Litoiu, A., Grigore, E. C., Feil-Seifer, D., Shuster, S., Lee, J. J., Huang, S., Levonisova, S., Litz, S., Li, J., Ragusa, G., Spruijt-Metz, D., Mataric, M., & Scassellati, B. (2014, August). How to train your DragonBot: Socially assistive robots for teaching children about nutrition through play. Presented at The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Edinburgh, UK
This paper describes an extended (6-session) interaction between an ethnically and geographically diverse group of 26 first-grade children and the DragonBot robot in the context of learning about healthy food choices. We find that children demonstrat... Read More about How to train your DragonBot: Socially assistive robots for teaching children about nutrition through play.