“A Minimalist Social Robot Platform for Promoting Positive Behavior Change Among Children” by Prabha, Sasidharan, Pasupuleti, Das and Sharma
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Entry Number: 03
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- A Minimalist Social Robot Platform for Promoting Positive Behavior Change Among Children
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Abstract:
We present the design of a minimalist interactive social robot named Haksh-E which integrates audio-visual perception with artificial intelligence to nurture positive behaviors in children. We co-designed the robot’s embodiment with children acting as design informants. The robot features expressive interactions, real time conversation and human action detection capabilities. Haksh-E can assist children in learning new behaviors as a tutor, play a supportive role in health interventions and also pose as an objective assessor of various indicators of health and hygiene.
References:
- Walid Briki and Olivier Hue. 2015. How Red, Blue and Green Are Affectively Judged. Applied Cognitive Psychology 30 (2015).
- Jochen Peter, Rinaldo Kühne, and Alex Barco. 2021. Can social robots affect children’s prosocial behavior? An experimental study on prosocial robot models. Computers in Human Behavior 120 (2021).
