Andrin Allemann developed a learning application for children as part of his final thesis at the FHNW School of Business, supervised by Oliver Bendel. The goal was to create one with a low-cost social robot that has the same motor skills as NAO (another programmable humanoid robot) and the same knowledge transfer capabilities as Pepper (which is equipped with a display). The choice fell on the small Alpha Mini from UBTECH. It was possible, with some technical effort, to pair it with an external device, a Microsoft Surface. This runs an educational game suitable for primary school teaching.
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Tampere University, Finland hosted around 30 high school students in their Robostudio co-learning workshop on 5 April 2023. Co-learning, in their case, was a unique learning concept, where 10 enthusiastic human-technology interaction (HTI) university students learned together with some other learner group. The activity took place in robotic learning stations, and every visitor had a chance to visit several stations. Several robots, including the AlphaMini were somehow involved in the activity. The topic focused on psychology, and how the robots could support learning of selected psychology topics.
