Here's NAO (pronounced "Now") a humanoid (human-like) social robot I'm working with for my honours research project this year at university.

WATCH the Video.

We will measure if there are any differences between the way preschoolers interact and engage with a social robot (NAO) instructor vs a human instructor.

Due to the coronavirus, we have an online contingency plan if I’m not able to collect data in-person which is what we are aiming for.

If you’d like to see a copy of my thesis proposal, send me an email.

I made this video recently with NAO where you can see the type of interactions - verbal and non-verbal - that we will measure (plus some fun Tai chi and Star Wars stuff). ENJOY!