Hello Robot! A website to raise interest in a STEM future through Internet speech controlled robots

This Research to Practice Work in Progress paper reports on a project to interest children in STEM subjects (and later on, hopefully to encourage them to enroll in engineering and science programs). Initially (in 2014) the project used proprietary technology (Microsoft Xbox/Kinect). In 2015, Interne...

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Published in2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) pp. 1 - 4
Main Author Svane, Torben E.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2018
SeriesFrontiers in Education Conference
Subjects
Annyang
children
Internet
Programming profession
robots
Service robots
Speech recognition
STEM
YouTube
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ISBN9781538611746
9781538611753
1538611740
1538611759
ISSN2377-634X
DOI10.1109/FIE.2018.8659130

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Summary:This Research to Practice Work in Progress paper reports on a project to interest children in STEM subjects (and later on, hopefully to encourage them to enroll in engineering and science programs). Initially (in 2014) the project used proprietary technology (Microsoft Xbox/Kinect). In 2015, Internet-based but region-limited technologies were tested (Google speech recognition API). In 2017 it changed to its current form, a website using the Annyang JavaScript speech recognition library. The site allows children (and others) to program robots through speech commands, or by clicking buttons. Once finished, the commands are sent by email to the university that has the robot. There, the robot actions are videotaped and uploaded to YouTube or its Chinese equivalent Youku. This will allow for a future scenario where a 7-year-old tells his/her friends "Yesterday, I programmed a robot in China. Let's watch the video!"
ISBN:9781538611746
9781538611753
1538611740
1538611759
ISSN:2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE.2018.8659130