Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6836021 Computers in Human Behavior 2018 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
The design and use of social robots addressed to the children population is a growing research field. The understanding of how the children react, or what are their preferences towards a robot with different styles of interaction is an important aspect to maximise the construction of a social bond between the robot and the child. In this paper we describe an experiment to assess these affective reactions and preferences based on an age-based stratification. A Wizard-Of-Oz scenario was used to design a playing mission where the child guides the robot, via voice commands, through a maze while collecting sweets and avoiding obstacles. Every participant interacted with two robots during the session. Two types of personalities were modelled in the robots with the same physical appearance: the agreeableness, and its opposite, disagreeableness personality trait. A total of 174 children between 6 and 11 years old took part in the experiment. The data about the affective reactions and preferences of the children towards the robots were collected through a multiple choice questionnaire. Significative statistical differences based on the age were found in the self-reported information provided by the children. These differences were noticeable in the youngest children (aged 6-7) with respect to the rest of the participants.
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