Gwanak-gu, Children's Storytelling Education Using AI Robot Riku
Pilot operation for children at 2 daycare centers... Expansion plan based on satisfaction results... Expected to reduce digital information gap for children in care and education blind spots
[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] “The robot talks, dances, and sings,” “The robot read a fairy tale like a teacher.”
These are the words of young children who met the educational robot ‘Riku.’
Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Junhee) is receiving great responses by pilot-operating children’s storytelling education using the educational robot ‘Riku’ for daycare center children.
This project is part of the ‘2020 Robot Utilization Socially Vulnerable Benefit Support Contest Project’ hosted by the Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency, selected in April last year. It aims to provide daycare children with opportunities to experience robots and reduce the digital information gap.
During the pilot operation in January, small-scale education is conducted at the Gwanak-gu Office Workplace Daycare Center and the Munseong Public Daycare Center, strictly adhering to social distancing and COVID-19 quarantine rules.
If the satisfaction with the education is high as a result of the pilot operation, there are plans to expand the program to daycare centers in the region this year.
The education involves delivering robots and auxiliary equipment to daycare centers and supporting them to operate independently, conducting a total of six storytelling contents over three days.
The AI robot Riku acts as the instructor, engaging in conversations with children before storytelling, dancing and singing together, and performing entertainment functions to provide children with an opportunity to become more familiar with the unfamiliar robot.
For detailed information about the education, please contact the Smart Information Division of Gwanak-gu Office.
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Park Junhee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, said, “We promoted storytelling education for children using robots to prevent blind spots in childcare and education caused by the spread of COVID-19,” and added, “We will continue to respond swiftly to changes in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era and strive to create a smart city Gwanak that improves residents’ quality of life.”
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