Social robots

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Are Social Robots Effective in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety?

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Are Social Robots Effective in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety?

Last month, the University of Waterloo (Samira Rasouli, Garima Gupta, Elizabeth Nilsen & Kerstin Dautenhahn) published a paper on the effectiveness of social robots for clinicians and patients in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety. They used MiRo and a range of social robots in their study.

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Can Robots Support Social Distancing within the Home?

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Can Robots Support Social Distancing within the Home?

Hear from Professor Lynne Baillie from the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, who, along with Computer Science graduate Neve Curnyn, investigated whether MiRo could assist with social distancing within the home.

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Meet MiRo partners: The Brainary

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Wherever you are in the world, we’ve built partnerships with reputable education technology companies that are always on hand to assist the local MiRo community. We’d like to introduce you to The Brainary® who supports the MiRo community in Australia and New Zealand. Read on to learn more about what they do and how they can help.

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Meet David - CqR's Latest Software Developer!

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We’re excited to be introducing David to the MiRo community! David joins us as a Software Developer who will be working on making MiRo a more intelligent and more sociable robot friend.

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Meet Katie! CqR's Newest Lead Researcher

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Welcome Katie, we’re excited to have you on board! Katie joins us as the Lead Researcher who will be working on enhancing the MiRo-E robot user experience. Click through to read about Katie in her own words.

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MiRo for Research: Could Robots Replace Real Therapy Dogs?

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MiRo for Research: Could Robots Replace Real Therapy Dogs?

MiRo-E users and researchers in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth have found that robotic animals may be a better alternative to real-life therapy dogs.

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In Conversation Video: MiRo in Education - Schools

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In Conversation Video: MiRo in Education - Schools

This week Consequential Robotics Product Director Izzy Barnes spoke to two robotics and coding experts to discuss the challenges that STEM teachers face today and how to engage a more diverse group of students to pursue and enjoy coding.

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Introducing the all-new beta version of MiRoCLOUD!

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Introducing the all-new beta version of MiRoCLOUD!

Dear MiRo friends,

MiRoCLOUD is our brand-new distance learning platform to teach coding and robotics!

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Video with MiRo-E Creators: Creative Coding Using Emotionally Engaging Robots

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Video with MiRo-E Creators: Creative Coding Using Emotionally Engaging Robots

MiRo-E robot creators and co-founders Dr Sebastian Conran and Professor Tony Prescott speak to Professor David Lane about using social robots for creative coding. Watch this video to learn more.

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Meet the coders that are helping MiRo to become a better robot

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Meet the coders that are helping MiRo to become a better robot

We all have an innate desire to help others, be it helping someone cross the road, giving directions or being a shoulder to cry on. How do you like to personally help others? How about throwing a social robot into the mix and training MiRo to help people?