Toddler Robots Are Helping Understand The Learning Patterns Of Young Children

New researches are conducted every day to understand the human mind, especially the mind of a young child who is still developing neural connections in the brain to learn more and more about the world. Recently baby's brain functions were analyzed by the researchers in an attempt to create the perfect computational cognition in the robots. These researches are helpful in their way, as more and more study is required for a better world.

According to Phys.org young children learn about new things through automatic abilities. The research was carried out by a team of doctors, to understand how children learn about new things. The panel included Dr. Katie Twomey from Lancaster University, Dr. Jessica Horst from Sussex University, Dr. Anthony Morse and Professor Angelo Cangelosi from Plymouth University.

They designed a toddler robot which was able to hear and see with the help of software. To comprehend young children's ability to learn, they modified the robot to recognize new things.

The researchers found out that the learning tactics of young children depend upon the process called mutual exclusivity. It means that when a child knows that brown toy is called rabbit and the yellow one is a duck, he automatically assume that giraffe, which is a new word, is the orange toy.

Digital Trends also shared the research and stated Dr. Twomey's assessments, that it is a misconception that children learn about new things after detail reasoning and cognition, as the software used in the toddler robot Icub was a simple one, and it acted the same way as a child does. She further added that to understand the learning process through the involvement of robotics is a splendid idea. The research concluded that visual settings could also alter the way of learning in children.