We present a robotic AI system to support children’s emotional and social skill development by connecting them to their peers in different parts of the world. Our social robot facilitates children’s interactions to encourage self-expression through discussion and sharing in a series of engaging individual activities and group learning modules co-designed by the children themselves. By working with researchers and child experts, these inclusive and accessible activities are designed to familiarize children with the value of diversity, and to foster multicultural understanding and belonging throughout the educational span, at the same time building children’s inter/intra personal skills and creativity.​

Basic Technical Requirements of the Cross-Cultural Embodied Mediator ​

Current and Future System Deployment and Pilot Studies

1st Quarter of 2023

Australia 🇦🇺 and Japan 🇯🇵

2nd – 3rd Quarter of 2023

Spain 🇪🇸 , USA 🇺🇸 and Ukraine 🇺🇦

3rd – 4th Quarter of 2023

Portugal 🇵🇹,Greece 🇬🇷, Uganda 🇺🇬 and Germany 🇩🇪

List of Schools and Facilities

Mater Maria Catholic College
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 

Tempe High School (multicultural learning community)
Tempe, New South Wales, Australia. 

School of the Free and Prudent
Kleparivska 39, Lviv, and Naukova 7, Lviv, Ukraine

IT Step School
Zamarstunivska 83a, Lviv, Ukraine

Jiyugaoka Gakuen High School
Tokyo Japan
https://www.jiyugaoka.ed.jp/blog/11861/

Batchelor Middle School
Bloomington, USA

Edgewood Junior High and High School
Elletsville, Monroe County, IN USA  

Qingdao Bilingual Experimental School
Qindao, China
https://www.qdubeschool.cn/a/mingshituandui/

Mind Over Learning (ADHD Learning Center)
Kelowna, BC, Canada
https://mindoverlearning.com/

School District 23 (ADHD Learning Center)
Kelowna, BC, Canada
https://www.sd23.bc.ca/Pages/default.aspx

Bududa Community and Education Department
Bududa, Uganda

Arsakeio High School of Patras
Patras, Greece