Human-Robot Scaffolding, a cognitive architecture to foster the metacognitive and emotional support using the Baxter robot.

In education, robots have been considered as learning tools. They have evolved from simple tools that only followed students' instructions to complex cognitive artificial systems which allow robots to behave as tutor, peer, or learner. This research proposal suggests the Human-Robot Scaffolding concept as a path to explore new strategies in the learning process which is supported by Bruner's work on scaffold instruction. The expected results foresee the acknowledgement of robots as learning tools which through artificial cognitive conditions can support the mediation process. In this sense, robots will be learning tools that recognize and test the mental models to support schema constructions, influence the zone of proximal development and assist students during their learning process.