Elias (robot)

2018: Teaching at schools

In Tampere, the second most important ambassador of Helsinki the city of Finland, the pilot program for implementation of robots at elementary school within which smart machines are used for training of children in foreign languages and mathematics is implemented. At the end of March, 2018 the Reuters agency reported about it.

The Elias robot who teaches pupils of initial classes the German and English languages participates in the project. Executed based on the interactive NAO robot partner of production of the Japanese company SoftBank Robotics, Elias will recognize and speaks 23 foreign languages, including Finnish, German and English. The robot is equipped with the specialized training software from the Finnish company Utelias Oy thanks to which understands what he should train the pupils in, can estimate the level of knowledge of children and arrange under it the questions. Besides, in case of problems with training at someone from pupils the robotic teacher to report about it to "colleagues" among people.

Elias robot

Trains in mathematics of children OVObot — the small robot 25 cm high who is a little resembling an owl superficially. This development belongs to the Finnish company Al Robots Oy.

The purpose of a pilot project in which three mathematical OVObot robots and one Elias robot humanoid are involved — to estimate whether are capable to improve similar technologies quality of teaching. However, as did not learn to maintain discipline in the classes Elias and OVObot yet, people teachers are hardly worth being afraid to lose the to the robot, notes the edition.

In an interview to the agency the teacher of foreign languages Riikka Kolunsarka noted that Elias motivates children and induces them to work more actively in a class.

As for pupils, they delighted with an experiment.

It is cheerful, interesting and is fascinating, and still I a little shocked — described Reuters the impressions of Abisha Jinia, one of schoolgirls of school.[1]

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