Can a Humanoid Robot Motivate Children to Read More? Yes, It Can!

  • The ability to read and write is an important requirement for an active participation in social life – maybe even the most important one. It is a prerequisite for education and in most cases also for professional success. So, it is important, that children learn how to read. In this paper, a case study is presented which investigates the question how humanoid robots can support the motivation of children to read. For this, we considered the following questions: Can humanoid robots, like the NAO robot from Aldebaran Robotics, motivate children to read more and with pleasure? Is there a setup which is technically stable enough to work outside a lab environment and without developer support? The underlying project uses children’s curiosity about humanoid robots to create an exciting learning experience. The idea can be summarized as follows: Children read to a NAO robot and communicate to the robot about the content of the book. What started as a research project is now an application that is readily used in several public libraries in Germany. Currently, our so-called Reading-NAO can interact in German and in English. The paper also introduces the idea, its realization, practical experiences and future plans for the project.

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URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-21148
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34550-0_19
Author:Janine BreßlerORCiD, Janett MohnkeORCiD
Parent Title (English):Learning and Collaboration Technologies : 10th International Conference, LCT 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part II
Document Type:Conference Paper
Language:English
Year of Publication:2023
Page Number:16
First Page:271
Last Page:286
Publisher:Springer, Cham
Publishing Institution:Technische Hochschule Wildau
Tag:NAO; educational robot; humanoid robot; reading promotion; social robot
Version:Accepted Manuscript
Source:Breßler, J., Mohnke, J. (2023). Can a Humanoid Robot Motivate Children to Read More? Yes, It Can!. In: Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A. (eds) Learning and Collaboration Technologies. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14041. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34550-0_19
Copyright:This version of the contribution has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34550-0_19. Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms.
Faculties an central facilities:Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 02 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften / 028 Lesen und Nutzung anderer Informationsmedien
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 629 Andere Fachrichtungen der Ingenieurwissenschaften
Licence (German): Das Dokument ist urheberrechtlich geschützt.
Release Date:2026/01/23
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