Özel Eğitimde İnsansı Robotlar

Abstract

Robotlar, insanları ve çevrelerini algılama yeteneğinden, insanların durumlarını ve duygularını rasyonalize etme yeteneğine kadar çeşitli yetenekleriyle eğitim ekosisteminin faydalı bir parçası haline gelmektedir. İnsansı robotlar, insansı görünümleriyle, insan benzeri beden diline ve sosyal sinyalleşme yeteneklerine başka bir boyut ekleyerek eğitimde daha doğal ve sezgisel insan-robot etkileşimi sunmaktadır. Robotların hayatımıza girmesiyle birlikte özellikle insansı sosyal robotlar eğitimde sıklıkla kullanılmaktadır. Eğitimin hemen hemen her kademesinde birçok fayda sunan insansı robotlar son yıllarda özel eğitim alanında da artan bir ilgi görmüştür. Bu makalenin amacı insansı robotların özel eğitimdeki uygulamalarını tanıtmak ve bu uygulamalar hakkında farkındalık yaratmaktır. Kapsamlı bir literatür araştırmasına dayanarak, özel eğitimde sıklıkla kullanılan insansı robotlara yer verilen bu çalışmada ayrıca bu robotların özel eğitim alanında kullanıldığı araştırmaların detaylarına da yer verilmiştir. Çalışma, son yıllarda özellikle otizm spektrum bozukluğu olmak üzere farklı yetersizliklere sahip bireylerin de eğitiminde çok sayıda insansı robotun kullanıldığını ve bu sayının giderek artmaya başladığını göstermektedir. Bu çalışmadaki bilgilerin gelecekte özel eğitimde robotları kullanmayı planlayan eğitimcilere ve araştırmacılara yol gösterici nitelikte olacağı beklenmektedir.

Keywords

• İnsansı robotlar
• Eğitim robotları
• Robot destekli öğretim
• İnsan-robot etkileşimi
• Özel eğitim

Humanoid Robots in Special Education

Abstract

Robots are becoming a useful part of the education ecosystem, with abilities ranging from the ability to perceive people and their environment to the ability to rationalize people's situations and emotions. Humanoid robots, with their humanoid appearance, add another dimension to their human-like body language and social signaling abilities, offering more natural and intuitive human-robot interaction in education. With the introduction of robots into our lives, especially humanoid social robots are frequently used in education. Humanoid robots, which offer many benefits at almost every level of education, have received increasing attention in the field of special education in recent years. The purpose of this article is to introduce the applications of humanoid robots in special education and to raise awareness about these applications. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this study, which includes humanoid robots that are frequently used in special education, also includes the details of researches in which these robots are used in the field of special education. The study shows that in recent years, a large number of humanoid robots have been used in the education of individuals with different disabilities, especially autism spectrum disorder, and this number is gradually increasing. It is expected that the information in this study will guide educators and researchers who plan to use robots in special education in the future.

Keywords

• Humanoid robots
• Educational robots
• Robot-assisted teaching
• Human-robot interaction
• Special education

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