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　　NAO, The Humanoid Robot Helps StudentsMaster Handwriting Skills

　　智能机器人指导书写

　　Just a few weeks ago, NAO, the humanoid robotmade headlines when it became Mitsubishi Bank'sfirst non-human employee. Now the cute 23-inchtall robot that weighs a mere 5.5 kilograms (12.7pounds) is in the news again. This time around NAOis helping students develop good handwriting skills.

　　就在几周前，NAO智能机器人成为三菱银行第一位非人类职员的消息备受热议。现在，这个高23英尺，重量只有5.5kg(12.8磅)的可爱机器人又再一次引起人们的注意。这次的新闻主要是有关NAO帮助学生矫正字体。

　　What's interesting about the NAO CoWriter is that it teaches kids while pretending to learnwriting skills from them. The process begins with a student showing NAO alphabet magnets ofthe word they want it to write. The cute robot carefully studies the Quick Response (QR) codesassigned to each alphabet and then tries to write them on a digital tablet. The assignment isthen handed to the "teacher" who makes the appropriate corrections and returns it to therobot for a redo. NAO CoWriter tries again, using the corrections to improve. The duocontinues until the "teacher" is satisfied with his/her robot student's penmanship.

　　NAO CoWriter有趣的地方是通过模拟让孩子们纠正它的书写的方法来帮助孩子改进。首先，学生会展示给NAO他们想写单词的磁性的字母;随后，它会认真研究每个字母上的二维码，然后试着在平板上写出来。平板上的作业由“老师”批改后，再返还给机器人订正。NAO CoWriter这时会按照“老师”的批改再次拼写改正。这个过程会一直持续，直到“老师”满意机器人学生的书写为止。

　　Researchers believe that this innovative role reversal not only improves the student'shandwriting skills but also helps boost his/her confidence. Of course, while NAO appears quitethe novice learner to the students who range from six to eight years in age, the activity iscarefully orchestrated.

　　研究者相信这种角色互换不仅能帮助学生改进书写，还能增加他们的信心。虽然，NAO比6-8岁的学生表现稍差一点，但整个演示过程还是比较和谐的。

　　Unveiled on March 3rd at a Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), held in Portland,Oregon, the NAO CoWriter is still in the prototype stage. While the classroom trials to test thelong-term effectiveness of its mathematical algorithms were successful, there is still more to bedone. In the upcoming summer months, further tests will be conducted to measure the robot'ssuccess in the learning process and also to see if it is user-friendly enough to be incorporatedinto a daily classroom routine. If all goes well, NAO may become an even more frequent sightat schools around the world. Buckle up! School is about to get more exciting!

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