Social robot for STEM education

Abstract

This work explores the use of the Cozmo robot to deliver mathematics education. Recently, we see a lot of work presented on using robots for education but few works centred around the age group of children between 14-17 years of age in combination with a non-humanoid robot. Reflecting on this limitation, Cozmo autonomously delivered engaging material and exercises to learners. We studied the subjective ratings of young learners' knowledge gains with Cozmo on the topics of algebra, geometry and trigonometry. We found that participants' subjective rating on their knowledge changed significantly after the interaction. This implied a positive influence of employing Cozmo with this age group and also reflected on the need to do more research in schools with affordable non-humanoid, autonomous social robots.