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Multiple Device Controlled Design for Implementing Telepresence Robot in Schools

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Blended Learning. Education in a Smart Learning Environment (ICBL 2020)

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Telepresence robots have shown their capabilities to perform remote teaching. In this research, the telepresence robot was designed and developed specifically for teaching from a remote location. The robot was intended to surpass the limitation of the normal teleconference software regarding the interaction with students. The robot incorporated movement and face display that help create an in-person environment. To use the robot for teaching, the servers were set up to exchange video data between the robot and the software on the remote teacher’s side, and to drive the robot’s wheels. On the remote teacher’s side, the software was designed and developed as a web application to view the classroom environment, control the robot, and control the teaching media within one screen. This enabled the teacher to fully control the equipment while delivering a lecture or talking to students. The robot was tested and evaluated in a real school setting with secondary school students.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the technical team at The Office of Academic Resources and Information Technology at Loei Rajabhat University for providing support in robot development and also thank the Demonstration School of Loei Rajabhat University for supporting our research.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Loei Rajabhat University, Loei, 42000, Thailand

    Wichai Puarungroj & Narong Boonsirisumpun

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  2. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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  3. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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    Naraphorn Paoprasert

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Puarungroj, W., Boonsirisumpun, N. (2020). Multiple Device Controlled Design for Implementing Telepresence Robot in Schools. In: Cheung, S., Li, R., Phusavat, K., Paoprasert, N., Kwok, L. (eds) Blended Learning. Education in a Smart Learning Environment. ICBL 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12218. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51968-1_33

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