Arold Brandse

Varied Human-Like Gestures for Social Robots: Investigating the Effects on Children's Engagement and Language Learning

To investigate whether a humanoid robot’s use of gestures improves children’s learning of second language vocabulary, and if variation in gestures strengthens this effect, we conducted a field study where a total of 94 children (aged 4–6 years old) played a language learning game with a NAO robot. The robot either use…