Authors:
(1) Devasena Pasupuleti, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India (pdevasena835@gmail.com);
(2) Sreejith Sasidharan, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India ssreejith172@gmail.com);
(3) Rajesh Sharma, Spire Animation Studios, Los Angeles, California, 91403, United States of America (rajesh.k.sharma@gmail.com);
(4) Gayathri Manikutty, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India (gayathri.manikutty@ammachilabs.org). Editor's note: This is Part of 5 of 7 a study detailing the development of a gaming platform to teach proper hand hygiene practises to children. Read the rest below. Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction
II. The Casa Paradigm and Gamification
III. Land of Hands: The Game
IV. Methods
V. User Study
VI. Results
VII. Discussion


VIII. Conclusion


IX. Acknowledgments and References V. USER STUDY Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted the entire study online through the video teleconferencing platform Zoom (refer to Figure 5). Children played the game and interacted with the robot individually. Researchers facilitated the video conferencing call to ensure that the data collected is truly a representation of the children’s views. The average time taken to conduct the study with each child was approximately 35 minutes. Since the children did not have prior interaction with a robot, at the beginning of the study, a short general interaction was facilitated between HakshE and the child to familiarize him/her with the robot and to see if he/she feels comfortable continuing with the study. One of the researchers explained the rules and instructions of the game to the child. A video on the six steps of handwashing as instructed by WHO was shown to the child before the game. Researchers did not intervene in-between the game unless a technical issue had to be resolved. This allowed children to interact with the robot and play the game on their own, eliminating any kind of bias. As an incentive for the children, we built a simple webbased Augmented Reality (AR) platform using UniteAR [31] where a 3D model of HakshE was projected onto their surroundings by scanning a custom QR code using their mobile phones. We conducted a session with the children after the study to explain this AR process. All the children were compensated with a photograph from their AR experience with HakshE (refer to Figure 6). This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED license. Authors: (1) Devasena Pasupuleti, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India (pdevasena835@gmail.com); (2) Sreejith Sasidharan, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India ssreejith172@gmail.com); (3) Rajesh Sharma, Spire Animation Studios, Los Angeles, California, 91403, United States of America (rajesh.k.sharma@gmail.com); (4) Gayathri Manikutty, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India (gayathri.manikutty@ammachilabs.org). Authors: Authors: (1) Devasena Pasupuleti, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India (pdevasena835@gmail.com); (2) Sreejith Sasidharan, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India ssreejith172@gmail.com); (3) Rajesh Sharma, Spire Animation Studios, Los Angeles, California, 91403, United States of America (rajesh.k.sharma@gmail.com); (4) Gayathri Manikutty, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India (gayathri.manikutty@ammachilabs.org). Editor's note: This is Part of 5 of 7 a study detailing the development of a gaming platform to teach proper hand hygiene practises to children. Read the rest below. Editor's note: This is Part of 5 of 7 a study detailing the development of a gaming platform to teach proper hand hygiene practises to children. Read the rest below. Editor's note: This is Part of 5 of 7 a study detailing the development of a gaming platform to teach proper hand hygiene practises to children. Read the rest below. Editor's note: This is Part of 5 of 7 a study detailing the development of a gaming platform to teach proper hand hygiene practises to children. Read the rest below. Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. The Casa Paradigm and Gamification III. Land of Hands: The Game IV. Methods V. User Study VI. Results VII. Discussion


VIII. Conclusion


IX. Acknowledgments and References Abstract and I. Introduction Abstract and I. Introduction II. The Casa Paradigm and Gamification II. The Casa Paradigm and Gamification III. Land of Hands: The Game III. Land of Hands: The Game IV. Methods IV. Methods V. User Study V. User Study VI. Results VI. Results VII. Discussion VIII. Conclusion


IX. Acknowledgments and References VII. Discussion VIII. Conclusion IX. Acknowledgments and References VIII. Conclusion VIII. Conclusion IX. Acknowledgments and References IX. Acknowledgments and References V. USER STUDY Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted the entire study online through the video teleconferencing platform Zoom (refer to Figure 5). Children played the game and interacted with the robot individually. Researchers facilitated the video conferencing call to ensure that the data collected is truly a representation of the children’s views. The average time taken to conduct the study with each child was approximately 35 minutes. Since the children did not have prior interaction with a robot, at the beginning of the study, a short general interaction was facilitated between HakshE and the child to familiarize him/her with the robot and to see if he/she feels comfortable continuing with the study. One of the researchers explained the rules and instructions of the game to the child. A video on the six steps of handwashing as instructed by WHO was shown to the child before the game. Researchers did not intervene in-between the game unless a technical issue had to be resolved. This allowed children to interact with the robot and play the game on their own, eliminating any kind of bias. As an incentive for the children, we built a simple webbased Augmented Reality (AR) platform using UniteAR [31] where a 3D model of HakshE was projected onto their surroundings by scanning a custom QR code using their mobile phones. We conducted a session with the children after the study to explain this AR process. All the children were compensated with a photograph from their AR experience with HakshE (refer to Figure 6). This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED license. This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED license. available on arxiv

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