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.
Motivation
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.
Ongoing Projects
Research investigating optimal robot behavior design focusing on speech and gaze patterns to enhance learning outcomes during child-robot tutoring interactions. The project develops design guidelines through data analysis, simulation, and real-world implementation with the NAO robot.
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.
A project that enabled the NAO humanoid robot to serve as an interactive explainer on neurodiversity for neurotypical audiences in classroom settings. The system grounded the robot's responses in a curated knowledge base using retrieval-augmented generation and handled live speech input, allowing learners to ask questions conversationally rather than follow a fixed script.
Additional Information
Social training.
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