duhweecher
Joined: 06 Nov 2013
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 Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:30 am Post subject: South Korea Already Has Robot TAs |
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Promoting the development of artificial intelligence devices and programs that work with kids should be a goal. Regardless of their babysitting skillsets, robots can be a tremendous asset in classrooms. For example, Maja Matarić, a computer science professor at the University of Southern California, has studied how interacting with robots is beneficial to autistic children. “Robots are very helpful to enhance the concentration capability of children in class,” notes Bum-Jae You, the head of the Cognitive Robotics Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, where researchers are exploring the placement of robot teaching assistants in South Korean classrooms.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/30/ai_robots_could_babysit_children_if_liability_can_be_settled.html |
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