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News Release 16-026
Robot learning companion offers custom-tailored tutoring
New social robot from MIT helps students learn through personalized interactions
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A child plays an interactive language learning game with Tega, a socially assistive robot.
Credit: Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab
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Tega is a new platform, developed at MIT, for research in socially assistive robotics. The Tega design expands on MIT's past work with squash-and-stretch style robots like Dragonbot but introduces new capabilities and a more robust design, with the intention of a three-month deployment for interaction with children.
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The robot was set up in a corner of the classroom, behind a low barrier, for the study.
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There was significant change in children's engagement and valence following non-verbal robot behaviors.
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From the first session to the last session, positive valence increased in the personalized condition but decreased in the non-personalized condition.
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