The experiment is currently in progress.

1. The study are structured as a workshop, bringing together three groups of students for a writing and drawing challenge . The first group, serving as the control group, will create their stories with the assistance of a computer, with which they are free to chat with AI bot. The second group will interact with a collaborative robot powered by a language model specifically trained on creative writing, while the third group will use a non-collaborateive robot.

2. To ensure a thorough and objective evaluation, a mixed-method approach is adopted in our study. First, professional language teachers and experienced students will grade each story and figure on the basis of orginality, fluence, flexibility, and elaboration of their results. Second, the total engaging time is considered. This includes the time spent brainstorming, writing, and interacting with computer/robot. Qualitative data is also collected through interviews with random students who interacted with social robots. By integrating both quantitative and qualitative findings, this study aims to shed light on the potential of social robots as a learning companion for fostering creativity in writing/storytelling.