Teaching this robot will help children to improve their handwriting

In the CoWriter project, a humanoid robot is the least advanced pupil in class — giving struggling students someone to learn with and teach.

Switzerland17 Mar 2015
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Research in AI tends to focus on developing robots who are more capable and efficient than humans, but a new study at École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland is doing just the opposite. When children teach their peers they gain motivation and self esteem — and ultimately they improve themselves, all without realizing. The CoWriter Project has created a robot classroom assistant who is less advanced at handwriting than the most struggling students — giving those pupils someone to learn with and teach.

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