Pomelo, a Collaborative Education Technology Interaction Robot

We have designed “Pomelo”, an interactive robot that teaches children basic algorithmic skills and enhances classroom collaboration through games. Pomelo looks like a friendly dog with a screen displaying its eyes and cooperates with the students through vision and speech. Pomelo becomes a part of the class instead of merely being a second teacher by interacting with children in the same way children interact with each other, like “Robovie” [1]. Ultimately, Pomelo will encourage kids to use technology as an interactive learning tool instead of a form of addictive entertainment while creating a more cooperative and social classroom environment.