Social robots are increasingly used in education, but most applications cast them as tutors offering explanation-based instruction. We explore an alternative: Robot-Mediated Applied Drama (RMAD), in which robots function as life-like puppets in interactive dramatic experiences designed to support reflection and social-emotional learning. This paper presents REMind, an anti-bullying robot role-play game that helps children rehearse bystander intervention and peer support. We focus on a central design challenge in RMAD: how to make robot drama emotionally and aesthetically engaging despite the limited expressive capacities of current robotic platforms. Through the development of REMind, we show how performing arts expertise informed this process, and argue that the aesthetics of robot drama arise from the coordinated design of the wider experience, not from robot expressivity alone.

翻译：社交机器人正越来越多地被应用于教育领域，但大多数应用将其定位为提供基于解释性教学的导师。我们探索了一种替代方案：机器人介导应用戏剧（RMAD），在此框架下，机器人作为栩栩如生的木偶，参与旨在促进反思和社会情感学习的互动戏剧体验。本文介绍了REMind——一款反欺凌机器人角色扮演游戏，旨在帮助儿童演练旁观者干预和同伴支持策略。我们聚焦于RMAD中的一个核心设计挑战：如何在当前机器人平台表达能力有限的情况下，使机器人戏剧在情感和美学上引人入胜。通过REMind的开发过程，我们展示了表演艺术专业知识如何赋能这一过程，并论证机器人戏剧的美学源于全局体验的协调设计，而非仅凭机器人自身的表达能力。