Robotics for Children-New Directions in Child Education and Therapy-

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  • Tanaka Fumihide
    Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
  • Kozima Hideki
    School of Project Design, Miyagi University
  • Itakura Shoji
    Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
  • Hiraki Kazuo
    Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

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  • 子どものためのロボティクス―教育・療育支援における新しい方向性の提案―
  • コドモ ノ タメ ノ ロボティクス キョウイク リョウイク シエン ニ オケル アタラシイ ホウコウセイ ノ テイアン
  • —New Directions in Child Education and Therapy—
  • —教育・療育支援における新しい方向性の提案—

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Abstract

Robotics intersects with children in diverse ways; it opens new scientific research fields of understanding humans with collaborating with psychologies and other related fields. At the same time, it is expected to offer useful applications for early childhood education and therapy. But, it has to be recognized that the robotics technology could be a double-edged sword, meaning that it could be hazardous if we did not exploit it in appropriate ways. Robots are thought to have double character; sometimes they show human-like features but other times they just look like an object. We need to understand the character well and consider appropriate forms of application based on the character. In this paper, firstly we will review the past studies around robotics and children, and we will also discuss the potential risk of robotics for children. Then, we will propose some new ideas for the application of robotics for early childhood education and therapy, considering the double character of robots.

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