TY  - CONF
T1  - Sociable robot improves toddler vocabulary skills
T2  - 2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Y1  - 2009
A1  - Movellan, J.
A1  - Eckhardt, M.
A1  - Virnes, M.
A1  - Rodriguez, A
KW  - Algorithms
KW  - autonomously operated robot
KW  - Early Childhood Education Center
KW  - Educational institutions
KW  - Educational robots
KW  - Games
KW  - human factors
KW  - Human-robot interaction
KW  - intervention period
KW  - Pediatrics
KW  - Robot sensing systems
KW  - robotics
KW  - sociable robot
KW  - social aspects of automation
KW  - time 2 week
KW  - toddler vocabulary skills
KW  - Ubiquitous computering
KW  - Vocabulary
AB  - <p><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588);">We report results of a study in which a low cost sociable robot was immersed at an Early Childhood Education Center for a period of 2 weeks. The study was designed to investigate whether the robot, which operated fully autonomously during the intervention period, could improve target vocabulary skills of 18-24 month of age toddlers. The results showed a 27% improvement in knowledge of the target words taught by the robot when compared to a matched set of control words. The results suggest that sociable robots may be an effective and low cost technology to enrich Early Childhood Education environments.</span></p>
JF  - 2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
PB  - IEEE
CY  - La Jolla, CA
SN  - 978-1-60558-404-1
ER  -