Educational Robots: Classification, Characteristics, Application Areas and Problems

Educational robots are the product of the development of advanced technology in the field of education, and the research of it is prospective and epochal. This research summarizes the classification, core characteristics, application areas and existing problems of educational robots. According to their forms and core functions, educational robots can be divided into intelligent assistant robots, virtual simulation robots, multi-functional suite robots, and non-common educational robots. Educational robots have the characteristics of flexibility, digitization, repeatability, humanization and natural interactivity. The application of educational robots is concentrated mainly in the fields of STEM education, language learning, special education and so on. However, there exist gender problem, teacher problem, technical problem and resource problem in the application of educational robots.