For Education
Pepper and NAO have always been present in education, but RoboHearts AI opens new possibilities:
- A friendly assistant that students can talk to naturally
- A great platform for teaching about AI and prompting
- Professional training with realistic conversation practice
Hyria Technical School, Finland
At Hyria technical school in Finland, Pepper has been the school mascot for years. They started using our solution back when it was called PepperGPT, and now the new Character Editor gives them even more flexibility to create exactly the scenarios their students need.
How Hyria Uses RoboHearts AI
Professional Training Scenarios
A nursing student practices asking an "elderly woman with dementia" about her day while classmates observe and give feedback. The robot stays in character, responds naturally, and helps students develop real conversation skills.
Security Training
Security students calm down an "angry customer" played by Pepper. Even when the robot's acting is a little too gentle, it becomes a lesson about AI constraints.
School Ambassador
Pepper welcomes visitors at school fairs, gives hugs, answers questions, and showcases student creativity.
Pepper representing the school at a glass festival, wearing custom sleeves made by students.
Learning Platform for AI
Students explore how prompting and character creation work, gaining hands-on experience with technology that shapes their future careers.
Learn more about Hyria's robotics work: Robo Care project · Robotics Campus blog
More Ways Educators Use RoboHearts AI
Newton Room, Norway – STEM Education
Pepper welcomes groups of middle and high school students, presents the lab, and becomes a reward for students excelling in robotics tasks. Sometimes students program Pepper themselves, exploring the line between scripted behaviour and AI-driven conversation.
Language Practice
Any character scenario becomes language practice when you switch the robot to another language. Students get a patient conversation partner that can role-play any scenario in 17 supported languages.
Creative Character Projects
Create characters by writing plain-language instructions: “You are a rude robot who finds terrible (but funny) excuses for refusing everything” or “You are a magical fairy that grants wishes.” Students develop creative and technical skills without needing to know how to program.
Programming and Robotics Education
For students ready to dive deeper, robohearts.dev provides browser-based Python notebooks for NAO and Pepper. No installation needed—just open a browser and start programming.
Ready for Hands-On STEM
Share a robot across departments. Use it for technology classes, theatre club improv, fairs, or linguistics experiments. When you're ready to tailor it further, extend the characters with your curriculum-specific content.