Towards empathic virtual and robotic tutors

Ginevra Castellano; Ana Paiva; Arvid Kappas; Ruth Aylett; Helen Hastie; Wolmet Barendregt; Fernando Nabais; Susan Bull

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_100

Towards empathic virtual and robotic tutors

Ginevra Castellano, Ana Paiva, Arvid Kappas, Ruth Aylett, Helen Hastie, Wolmet Barendregt, Fernando Nabais, Susan Bull

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Building on existing work on artificial tutors with human-like capabilities, we describe the EMOTE project approach to harnessing benefits of an artificial embodied tutor in a shared physical space. Embodied in robotic platforms or through virtual agents, EMOTE aims to capture some of the empathic and human elements characterising a traditional teacher. As such, empathy and engagement, abilities key to influencing student learning, are at the core of the EMOTE approach. We present non-verbal and adaptive dialogue challenges for such embodied tutors as a foundation for researchers investigating the potential for empathic tutors that will be accepted by students and teachers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Education
Editors	H C Lane, K Yacef, J Mostow, P Pavlik
Publisher	Springer
Pages	733-736
Volume	7926
ISBN (Print)	9783642391118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_100
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2013
Event	International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education - Memphis, United States Duration: 9 Jul 2013 → 13 Jul 2013 https://sites.google.com/a/iis.memphis.edu/aied-2013-conference/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
Abbreviated title	AIED 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Memphis
Period	9/07/13 → 13/07/13
Internet address	https://sites.google.com/a/iis.memphis.edu/aied-2013-conference/

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virtual and robotic tutor
affect recognition
adaptive behaviour

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Castellano, G, Paiva, A, Kappas, A, Aylett, R, Hastie, H, Barendregt, W, Nabais, F & Bull, S 2013, Towards empathic virtual and robotic tutors. in HC Lane, K Yacef, J Mostow & P Pavlik (eds), Artificial Intelligence in Education. vol. 7926, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pp. 733-736, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education , Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 9/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_100

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