Makeitall completes 'Planet Joy' for Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement's AI Robot Creative Classroom

Makeitall, which operates the edutech brand JIKKO, has completed the new 'Planet Joy' program for the AI Robot Creative Classroom hosted by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement. This program was conducted from the 18th of last month to the 20th of this month at the AI Robot Creative Classroom experience center within the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement's Robot Innovation Center, targeting 220 lower elementary school students.

Participating students experienced three areas—the Welcome Zone, Interaction Zone, and Learning Zone—under the setting of being expedition members who crash-landed on Planet Joy along with the AI guide 'Robis'. In the Welcome Zone, expedition member registration was carried out using voice-recognition AI, and in the Interaction Zone, 'Joy and Smiley Flower Hahaha,' a body-responsive media experience using floor LiDAR sensors, was operated. Students encountered the principles of AI that recognize movement without the need for separate devices.

In the Learning Zone, the motion-recognition AI program 'Catch Joy's Gift!' and the 'Decorating Joy's Gift' program using machine learning-based AutoDraw were conducted. In the parent satisfaction survey, responses indicated that the story-based mission composition and the experiential learning method suited the eye level of lower elementary students. Given that experiential AI education is establishing itself as a method that increases immersion more than simple explanations, the possibility of similar programs spreading in the future is also visible.

Lee Jong-min, CEO of Makeitall, said, “We designed it so that children can accept AI and robots in a friendly way through experiences combined with physical activities,” and added, “We will continue to expand experience-centered AI education programs in the future.” The AI Robot Creative Classroom will operate under the planet exploration concept until this coming November, and a 'Planet Sadness' program for upper elementary students is scheduled for October.