Robots will soon be found in Dubai classrooms

Teaching assistant robots will be deployed in schools across Dubai after the  fifth Arab Robotics conference slated for October 3.

Senthil Kugan, director of Atlab, said three schools are already lined up to integrate its TeachAssist robots as part of kindergarten to second grade curriculum. The teaching assistants will be introduced to the global market in the long run.

"Robots are key to motivating young students to learn science, math and STEM education. It is a good medium of bringing students closer to these subjects and making them fun," said Kugan.

The technology-based learning solutions company Atlab has been working closely with Ministry of Education (MoE) and Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) for the last five years to implement robots as part of the school programme.

The robots will focus on assisting students with classroom, social behaviour and engagement. Kugan added that the humanoid can interact with children and assist them with the curriculum. The robots will assist teachers in assessing and grading students.

"Once we create a profile and load it into the robot, it will automatically register his/her details. The teacher can then assign the student certain tasks that the robot will support. The robot will then provide a report of the student's performance to the teacher," said Kugan.

Source: Khaleej Times