Christoph Bartneck

Tony Belpaeme

Massimiliano Cappuccio

Jürgen Handke

Friederike Eyssel

Fady Alnajjar

Paul Baxter

Cinzia Di Dio

Omar Mubin

Mohammad Obaid

Natalia Reich-Stiebert

Robots in Education is an accessible introduction to the use of robotics in formal learning, encompassing pedagogical and psychological theories as well as implementation in curricula. Today, a variety of communities across education are increasingly using robots as general classroom tutors, tools in STEM projects, and subjects of study. This volume explores how the unique physical and social-interactive capabilities of educational robots can generate bonds with students while freeing instructors to focus on their individualized approaches to teaching and learning. Authored by a uniquely interdisciplinary team of scholars, the book covers the basics of robotics and their supporting technologies; attitudes toward and ethical implications of robots in learning; research methods relevant to extending our knowledge of the field; and more.

An Introduction to High-Tech Social Agents, Intelligent Tutors, and Curricular Tools

Robots in Education

Takayuki Kanda

Merel Keijsers

Selma Šabanović

This broad overview for graduate students introduces multidisciplinary topics from robotics to sociology which are needed to understand the area.

An Introduction

Human-Robot Interaction

Cindy Bethel

Brigitte Le Pévédic

Nigel Crook

Dimitrios Chrysostomou

Marine Grandgeorge

Nicole Mirnig

Céline Jost

This book offers the first comprehensive yet critical overview of methods used to evaluate interaction between humans and social robots. It reviews commonly used evaluation methods, and shows that they are not always suitable for this purpose. Using representative case studies, the book identifies good and bad practices for evaluating human-robot interactions and proposes new standardized processes as well as recommendations, carefully developed on the basis of intensive discussions between specialists in various HRI-related disciplines, e.g. psychology, ethology, ergonomics, sociology, ethnography, robotics, and computer science. The book is the result of a close, long-standing collaboration between the editors and the invited contributors, including, but not limited to, their inspiring discussions at the workshop on Evaluation Methods Standardization for Human-Robot Interaction (EMSHRI), which have been organized yearly since 2015. By highlighting and weighing good and bad practices in evaluation design for HRI, the book will stimulate the scientific community to search for better solutions, take advantages of interdisciplinary collaborations, and encourage the development of new standards to accommodate the growing presence of robots in the day-to-day and social lives of human beings.

Evaluation Methods and Their Standardization

Tony Belpaeme

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