China, Changchun City, Northeastern Pedagogical University

As we all know Robot technology makes great progress in the recent years all over the world. The development of robot technology has brought many achievements to all walks of life. The development of robot technology has also become the hard power of the world competition. In the field of education all over the world trend of training about robot technology talents is becoming more and more obvious. The use of robotic have proven themselves to be worthy components of available educational resources [1]. Robot technology talented person's raise not only the field of higher education. Robot technology emerges in a variety of forms in various educational stages. These technologies use in the education environment have shown their value in everyday learning and in the specialized education of students with disabilities. In this article I shall draw your attention to the subject of how it is influence of everyday learning and in the specialized education of students with disabilities.

As a part of education robots are becoming an integral component of our society and have great potential in being utilized as an educational technology. This impact of social robotics is even more crucial for children and teenagers, where robots can be used for their development and intellectual growth. Robots can be an entertaining platform to learn about computers, electronics, mechanical engineering and languages [2]. When applied to education, robotics can change the way students learn and ultimately create a more knowledgeable and well-adjusted student.

First of all two broad categories should be clearly determined there are robotics and computer educationa (a general instilment of the awareness of technology that could be referred as technical education) and non-technical education (science and language) [3]. Technical education is the notion of giving students the knowledge of robots and technology [4]. In most cases this is done with an aim to introduce computer science and programming and to familiarize undergraduate students with technology. Robots in education are non-technical subjects (such as the sciences), where we witness the employment of robots as an intermediate tool to impart some form of education to students, such as mathematics [5].

Second is the robot can take on a number of different roles in the learning process, with varying levels of involvement of the robot in the learning task. It can be define three main categories of the role of a robot during the learning activity: tool, peer or tutor [6]. In some research for basic learning tasks a cooperative robot was preferred compared to an instructional robot but for language learning a tutoring style was preferred It also has been shown that younger children were content with robots behaving as peers in the learning process while older children thought of robots more as teaching tools/aids [7] Robots also act as a bridge in enabling students to understand humans. For example, students can learn how speech is processed by humans by considering how robots recognize speech.

When it talks about the special education, educational robotics can bring into learning. The robotic tools made it possible for the students to practice and learn many necessary skills, like collaboration, cognitive skills, self-confidence, perception, and spatial understanding [8]. The encouraging results support the second phase of the study that will analyze more concretely how technology should be developed to become more flexible and usable for all learners and what we can learn from students with individual needs through the use of technology. Students with special requirements are reaching new levels of learning through the use of robotics in the classroom [9]. With these technologies children with autism are learning communication and social skills and students with developmental issues and attention disorders are learning focus [10]. Individuals with severe physical disabilities are also offered a constant companion and health monitoring system - all through the use of robotics [11]. Robots can be programmed to suit each individual child's need, offering special education in a much simpler, accessible format.Assistive technology is growing, and the abilities it provides to special education students are limitless [12].

In my opinion that not only are robots built on advanced technology but they also provide a tangible and physical representation of learning outcomes: a valuable aspect of employing them in education. Robotics technologies offer a range of possibilities within education, with a helpful solution for every student's learning needs. As the technological world unveils new innovations daily, the educational world will continue to benefit from the opportunities offered with these groundbreaking tools.

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