An affective and adaptive educational robot

TL;DR

This paper introduces Wolly, an educational robot that engages children through affective, social interaction, emotion recognition, and adaptive behavior, aiming to enhance learning experiences.

Contribution

The paper presents Wolly, a novel educational robot capable of affective interaction, emotion recognition, and adaptive behavior based on children's interests and emotions.

Findings

Wolly can recognize children's emotions accurately.

Wolly adapts its behavior to individual children's interests.

The robot effectively engages children in social and educational activities.

Abstract

In this paper we present an educational robot called Wolly, designed to engage children in an affective and social interaction. Indeed, we are now focusing on its role as an educational and affective robot capable of being controlled by coding instructions and at the same time interacting verbally and affectively with children by recognizing their emotions and remembering their interests, and adapting its behavior accordingly.