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Academic in Research and School Outreach, The University of Queensland

Children quickly took to the robot and developed a relationship with it. Screenshot Youtube

July 23, 2019

How a robot called Pink helped teach school children an Aboriginal language

Therese Keane, Swinburne University of Technology; Christina Chalmers, Queensland University of Technology, and Marie Bodén, The University of Queensland

Maitland Lutheran School, of 240 students in rural South Australia, found a way to teach children programming code and an old Aboriginal language. The answer was Pink, the robot.

While robots in classrooms are still very new, some early examples of success are emerging. Shutterstock

October 16, 2018

Why R2D2 could be your child’s teacher sooner than you think

Kristyn Sommer, The University of Queensland and Marie Bodén, The University of Queensland

Robots in the classroom are highly engaging and motivating for students, and can have a cascading effect on learning across an entire school.

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