The current study investigated how individual differences among children affect the added value of social robots for teaching second language (L2) vocabulary to young children. Specifically, we investigated the moderating role of three individual child characteristics deemed relevant for language learning: …

The global pandemic has stressed the value of working remotely, also in higher education. This development sparks the growing use of telepresence robots, which allow students with prolonged sickness to interact with other students and their teacher remotely. Although telepresence robots are developed …

In this paper, we examine the process of designing robot-performed iconic hand gestures in the context of a long-term study into second language tutoring with children of approximately 5 years old. We explore four factors that may relate to their efficacy in supporting second language tutoring: the age …

Industrial robot manipulators are widely used for repetitive applications that require high precision, like pick-and-place. In many cases, the movements of industrial robot manipulators are hard-coded or manually defined, and need to be adjusted if the objects being manipulated change position. To increase …

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Autonomous robots require high degrees of cognitive and motoric intelligence to come into our everyday life. In non-structured environments and in the presence of uncertainties, such degrees of intelligence are not easy to obtain. Reinforcement learning algorithms have proven to be capable of solving …

In this graduation project, GreenTech Labs want to create a crop-weed-removal robot-arm. However, they want to achieve this using modern tools, with a system that can help them automate and simplify the process of training custom robot arms like this. The student who was assigned to this project had …

Josper Bouwer is eigenaar van Bouwtechnics C & C B.V. Josper is van mening dat er te weinig aandacht is voor robotisering in het onderwijs. Uit de enquête die onder studenten is gehouden in het onderzoek blijkt dat studenten weinig kennis hebben van robotica en meer zouden willen leren op het gebied …

De melkgeitensector heeft de laatste jaren een gestage ontwikkeling doorgemaakt van arbeidsintensief naar een steeds meer geautomatiseerde sector. Een van de mogelijkheden in melkgeitenhouderij om te automatiseren is het voeren en het aanschuiven van het ruwvoer. Deze automatiseringen in de sector is …

Abstract – The path of the cobot: the preparation of education The technological educators at Saxion University of Applied Sciences and Regional Community College Twente and the Dutch manufacturing industry are facing a multitude of challenges. They are experiencing a shortage of (potential) employees, …