PMC9900201_01
Eight conceptual designs of caricatured robot morphologies
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Fig. 1 on the items mentioned in Table 2. For each of the eight robot animations, we asked four items, as shown in Table 2.
Geographical locations of the schools from where data was collected
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The participants are currently studying in schools in five different geographical locations in India, namely, Puthiyakavu, Thalassery, Tirupati, New Delhi, and Hyderabad, as shown in the map in Fig. 4.
A Face-to-face session with children before COVID-19 lockdown and an online session after COVID-19 lockdown
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For the first six participants, we conducted a face-to-face session as seen in Fig. 5.
Prototype design:a block diagram of its hardware and software components
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Based on the feedback and results from the children and keeping in mind children's expectations of the robot's behaviour, we will present a high-level overview of an ideal prototype design for the social robot as an embodied AI, as shown in Fig. 8.
3-D model of the social robot
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In Fig. 9, we present our interpretation of one possible mechanical design of the robot.
(Left) Pan-Tilt Mechanisms in the robot; (Right) Individual Components of the robot
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A detailed view of this two DoF pan-tilt mechanism and an exploded view of the prototype can be seen in Fig. 10.