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Proposer
Lynne Baillie
Title
Social Robots Helping Children
Goal
Can social robots help children to relate more to animals
Description
This project will explore the ways in which a social robot could assist children who have severe sight issues. The project will have three phases. In the first phase of the project, the student will explore the literature on research into children learn about the interactions they can have with a social robot. In the second phase, the student will implement and enable a set of interactions to take place with at least one social robot. The student will be required to implement these interactions on at least one social robot. Lastly, the student will deploy the social robot with the implemented interactions in order to evaluate the usefullness of the interactions with a set of students with severe sight issues They will assess which interactions were the most successful.
Resources
access to at least one social robot
Background
Url
Difficulty Level
High
Ethical Approval
Full
Number Of Students
2
Supervisor
Lynne Baillie
Keywords
human robot interaction
Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems
Master of Science in Human Robot Interaction
Bachelor of Engineering in Robotics
Master of Science in Robotics with Industrial Application
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