Cellulo Versatile Handheld Robots for Education
In this article, we present Cellulo, a novel robotic platform that investigates the intersection of three ideas for robotics in education: designing the robots to be versatile and generic tools; blending robots into the classroom by designing them to be pervasive objects and by creating tight intera...
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Published in | 2017 12th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI pp. 119 - 127 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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New York, NY, USA
ACM
06.03.2017
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Series | ACM Conferences |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
ISBN | 9781450343367 1450343368 |
ISSN | 2167-2148 |
DOI | 10.1145/2909824.3020247 |
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Summary: | In this article, we present Cellulo, a novel robotic platform that investigates the intersection of three ideas for robotics in education: designing the robots to be versatile and generic tools; blending robots into the classroom by designing them to be pervasive objects and by creating tight interactions with (already pervasive) paper; and finally considering the practical constraints of real classrooms at every stage of the design. Our platform results from these considerations and builds on a unique combination of technologies: groups of handheld haptic-enabled robots, tablets and activity sheets printed on regular paper. The robots feature holonomic motion, haptic feedback capability and high accuracy localization through a microdot pattern overlaid on top of the activity sheets, while remaining affordable (robots cost about EUR 125 at the prototype stage) and classroom-friendly. We present the platform and report on our first interaction studies, involving about 230 children. |
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ISBN: | 9781450343367 1450343368 |
ISSN: | 2167-2148 |
DOI: | 10.1145/2909824.3020247 |