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ANIMATAS · Advancing intuitive human-machine interaction with human-like social capabilities for education in schools

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2018-01-01 → 2022-06-30
EU contribution
€3,890,625
Participants
16
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Advancing intuitive human-machine interaction with human-like social capabilities for education in schools

What if children taught robots? This is the challenge of the European project ANIMATAS launched in January 2018. There are approximately 40 collaborators worldwide, and the project is looking to understand how robots with skills that can be used in school to assist educational teams. ANIMATAS is a leading European Training Network devoted to the development of a new generation of creative and critical research leaders and innovators who have a skill-set tailored for the creation of social capabilities necessary for realizing step changes in the development of intuitive human-machine interaction in educational settings. Two mains actions: (1) a transnational network of universities and industrial partners that will supervise and deliver specialized training for early stage researchers (ESRs), and (2) the cross-fertilization of state-of-the-art methods from the domains of social robotics, embodied virtual characters, social and educational sciences in order to facilitate the development of skills necessary to design machines capable of engaging in intuitive sustained encounters with teachers and children. ANIMATAS ensures an integrative approach to the development of new capabilities with a view to their impact on whole system performance in terms of the complete HMI loop by building industry–guided showcases that integrate the social capabilities developed by the ESRs. The participation of industrial partners supports the translation of new academic results to the marketplace and a better transfer of knowledge between different sectors. The exposure of the non- academic sector to the ESRs has a great market potential that our industrial partners aim to capitalize upon in terms of recruiting young talents after the end of the project and adopting ANIMATAS’ advances in intuitive HMI for future product lines. This greatly benefits the ESRs, which will be provided with new career perspectives in the social robotics and ed-tech industries. The ETN strengthen Europe’s capacity in research and innovation by nurturing a new generation of highly skilled ESRs with an entrepreneurial mind-set and an understanding of intuitive HMI and potential products in these emerging markets.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

ANIMATAS will establish a leading European Training Network (ETN) devoted to the development of a new generation of creative and critical research leaders and innovators who have a skill-set tailored for the creation of social capabilities necessary for realising step changes in the development of intuitive human-machine interaction (HMI) in educational settings. This will be achieved through (1) a transnational network of universities and industrial partners that will supervise and deliver specialized training for early stage researchers (ESRs), and (2) the cross-fertilization of state-of-the-art methods from the domains of social robotics, embodied virtual characters, social and educational sciences in order to facilitate the development of skills necessary to design machines capable of engaging in intuitive sustained encounters with teachers and children. The ETN will ensure an integrative approach to the development of new capabilities with a view to their impact on whole system performance in terms of the complete HMI loop. This will be done by building industry–guided showcases that integrate the social capabilities developed by the ESRs. The participation of industrial partners will support the translation of new academic results to the market-place and a better transfer of knowledge between different sectors. The exposure of the non- academic sector to the ESRs has a great market potential that our industrial partners aim to capitalize upon in terms of recruiting young talents after the end of the project and adopting ANIMATAS’ advances in intuitive HMI for future product lines. This will greatly benefit the ESRs, which will be provided with new career perspectives in the social robotics and ed-tech industries. The ETN will strengthen Europe’s capacity in research and innovation by nurturing a new generation of highly skilled ESRs with an entrepreneurial mind-set and an understanding of intuitive HMI and potential products in these emerging markets.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • SORBONNE UNIVERSITE · ParisCoordinatorFrance
  • ALDEBARAN · ParisFrance
  • ASSOCIATION MOBSYA · RENENS VDSwitzerland
  • CONSTRUCTOR UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH · BremenGermany
  • ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE · LausanneSwitzerland
  • FURHAT ROBOTICS AB · StockholmSweden
  • IDMIND - ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS LDA · LisboaPortugal
  • IMMERSION · BordeauxFrance
  • INESC ID INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM LISBOA · LisboaPortugal
  • INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM · PalaiseauFrance
  • Interactive Robotics B.V. · DelftNetherlands
  • KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN · StockholmSweden
  • THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · MADISON WIUnited States
  • THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN · DublinIreland
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · Los Angeles CaUnited States
  • UPPSALA UNIVERSITET · UppsalaSweden

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