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 in2017 12th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI pp. 119 - 127
Main Authors Özgür, Ayberk, Lemaignan, Séverin, Johal, Wafa, Beltran, Maria, Briod, Manon, Pereyre, Léa, Mondada, Francesco, Dillenbourg, Pierre
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY, USA ACM 06.03.2017
SeriesACM Conferences
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ISBN9781450343367
1450343368
ISSN2167-2148
DOI10.1145/2909824.3020247

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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.
ISBN:9781450343367
1450343368
ISSN:2167-2148
DOI:10.1145/2909824.3020247