Module Instructor: Daevesh Singh
Cozmo is an educational toy robot that can be utilised in different ways for learning. The product is developed by Digital Dream Labs and is available to general public for purchase via common online retail platforms across the globe.
The current product version is 2.0, the details for which can be viewed on their website: Meet Cozmo | Digital Dream Labs
The product package includes a robot toy and three blocks that can be utilized in multiple ways to design the interactions with the robots. The toy is embedded with sensors such as a camera, proximity sensor, and a small screen for displaying emotions.
There are multiple studies that are conducted on and around COZMO in different teaching-learning scenarios. Some of the studies that can be referred to are:
L. Brehm, H. Guenzel, O. Hinz, A. Humpe and H. Martius, "Collaborative Learning with COZMO to Teach Programming in SCRATCH and Python," 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2019, pp. 448-452, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725037.
H. R. M. Pelikan, M. Broth and L. Keevallik, ""Are You Sad, Cozmo?" How Humans Make Sense of a Home Robot’s Emotion Displays," 2020 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2020, pp. 461-470.
L. Chan, B. J. Zhang and N. T. Fitter, "Designing and Validating Expressive Cozmo Behaviors for Accurately Conveying Emotions," 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2021, pp. 1037-1044, doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN50785.2021.9515425.