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The group with the robot tutor made fewer errors and spoke more fluently than the group with human tutors, indicating the effectiveness of robot-assisted learning. Advancements in large language ...

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Growing up in Palisades Park, Michiyo Kawasaki watched her father, Osamu, who immigrated to America from Japan in his 20s, struggle to communicate. He knew only a few words of English when he arrived ...

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