Effect of an Educational Support Robot Displaying Utterance Contents on a Learning System

Abstract

Recently, there have been advancements in the research and development of educational support robots supporting learning. Previous studies reported that the problem with these types of robots is that as learning progresses, learners lose interest in collaborative learning with robots. Thus, this paper reports a method to maintain learners' interest in collaborative learning with the robot alternately solving problems with the learner. Moreover, this study investigates the impression effect of collaborative learning with robots displaying utterance contents on learning system monitors. The results of this experiment indicated that a robot using the proposed model leaves a good impression on learners.