Being creative and being able to think creatively is something only humans can do. But can robots be creative or teach kids creativity and creative thinking?
We have found a very curious research on this topic. A group of researchers used a social robot to interact with kids and then they made robot not just communicate but also perform so called creativity demonstrations to kids in infused into a gameplay.
Researchers observed two groups of kids. One group was playing on their own and another played and interacted with a social robot. A robot did not perform any creative activities. Researches compared the level of creativeness of two groups and did not find any differences. It meant a robot by itself did not boost any creativity in kids.
In the second experiment, researches changed the behaviour of a social robot and programmed a robot to interact with kids but also emulate some creativity in gameplay. After some time given to the group of kids who interacted with a robot, researchers have measured the levels of creativity and found a raise of creativity and creative thinking among observed kids.
The experiment did not prove robot can be creative as a program crafted by engineers did it. However, the experiment showed the evidence robots emulating creativity can boost creativity in kids. It means social robots can teach creativity. Isn’t it impressive?
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