Materials
- A camera
- pictures of the children‘s facial expressions
- A picture of a robot
- Symbols for feelings (emojis)
Implementation
And now it‘s time to play memory!
- After the game, discuss with the group of children what happened during the memory game. How did the children recognize the robot‘s feelings?
- Does a robot have feelings at all? Have they even seen a robot express emotion, maybe in a movie?
Preparation
- Have the children take pictures of each other with different facial expressions
- Print out the photos and add an emoji to each that corresponds to the facial expression in the photo
- Now you need as many pictures of the one robot as you have facial expressions. Now add symbols to the pictures of the robots as well, e.g. picture of robot
Variation
To demonstrate that some AI-technology is already coded to recognize emotions, you can play with Siri and command her to play some sad music. Give the command: “Siri I am sad today, play some sad music.” And Siri can activate your music app and play quiet melancholic music, or happy music.
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