EDUCATION

As part of this project, the ongoing research at the lab is focused on designing social behaviours (Gaze and Speech) for robots to provide personalized learning for children to enhance learning outcomes in tutoring scenarios.

The motivation behind this work is the current increase in the numbers of students joining primary schools in Kenya with a limited number of teachers as well as students with different learning abilities.

We have two ongoing MSc projects:

• MSc.P3 - To design and implement social behaviours (speech and gaze) for NAO robot to create effective child-robot interaction scenarios for educating children about nutrition. (MSc student: Caroline Katumbi) - Funded by UNESCO-TWAS
• BSc.P1 - Nutrisia is an ongoing project that aims to integrate the Pepper humanoid robot with OpenAI technology to create an interactive and engaging learning experience for children. The project leverages AI-powered speech recognition and dynamic conversations to teach children about nutrition. (BSc. students: Masae Ian, Brandon Olunga).

Social training.