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What is Social Robots

Chapter 4
Promoting Inclusive Growth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Social robots are AI devices to interact with humans and other robots. They may understand speech and facial expressions, and are used at home, and in customer service, education, etc. Examples of educational applications include the Tico robot, which was developed to improve children’s motivation in the classroom, and the Bandit robot, which was developed to teach social behaviour to autistic children, etc.
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New Challenges for Education in the Forthcoming Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Michael Voskoglou (Graduate Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Greece)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4882-0.ch004
Abstract
The rapid industrial and technological development of the last years has transformed the human society to its current form of knowledge and globalization. As a result, the formal education is nowadays faced with the big challenge of preparing students for a new way of life in the forthcoming fourth industrial revolution. This new revolution could be characterized as the era of the internet of things and energy and of the cyber-physical systems. The present chapter focuses on the role that computers and artificial intelligence could play in future education and the risks hiding behind this perspective. It is concluded that it is rather impossible that computers and the other “clever” machines of artificial intelligence will reach to the point of replacing teachers for educating students in future, because all these devices have been created and programmed by humans and therefore it is logical to accept that they will never succeed to reach the quality of human reasoning. However, it is certain that the role of the teacher will be dramatically changed in the future classrooms.
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Chapter 12
Someone Like Us: Anthropomorphism in the Consumer Behavior in the Scope of Emerging Countries
Social robots are AI-powered machines that are designed to interact with humans in a social way, typically with the goal of providing companionship or emotional support. They can be used in a variety of settings, such as nursing homes, schools, and homes.
Published in Chapter: Someone Like Us: Anthropomorphism in the Consumer Behavior in the Scope of Emerging Countries; From: Impact of Disruptive Technologies on the Socio-Economic Development of Emerging Countries
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Chapter 28
Computers and Artificial Intelligence in Future Education
Social robots are AI devices to interact with humans and other robots. They may understand speech and facial expressions, and are used at home, and in customer service, education, etc. Examples of educational applications include the Tico robot, which was developed to improve children’s motivation in the classroom, and the Bandit robot, which was developed to teach social behaviour to autistic children, etc.
Published in Chapter: Computers and Artificial Intelligence in Future Education; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching With Virtual Environments and AI
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