Publikation zum Umgang von Kindern mit Robotern in Interaction Studies

Publikation zum Umgang von Kindern mit Robotern in Interaction Studies

Monday, April 3, 2023

Der Artikel Exploring space for robot mistakes in child robot interactions, bei dem Marisa Tschopp als Co-Autorin mitgewirkt hat, steht im Journal Interaction Studies (Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems) zur Verfügung. In der experimentellen Studie, bei der unser Forschungsdepartment massgablich bei der Datenerhebung in der Schweiz beigetragen hat, wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie Kinder in einer Lernaufgabe mit einem Roboter auf fehlerhaftes Verhalten des Roboters reagieren. Die Daten von 72 Kindern im Alter von 7 bis 10 Jahren wurden im Hinblick auf ihre Einstellungen gegenüber dem NAO Roboter (emotionales Vertrauen, Kompetenzvertrauen, Sympathie und wahrgenommene Handlungsfähigkeit), ihr Verhalten gegenüber dem Roboter (Selbstauskunft, Befolgung von Empfehlungen) sowie ihre Aufgabenleistung analysiert.

Abstract: Understanding the impact of robot errors in child-robot-interactions (CRI) is critical, as current technological systems are still limited and may randomly present a variety of mistakes during interactions with children. In this study we manipulate a task-based error of a NAO robot during a semi-autonomous computational thinking task implemented with the Cozmo robot. Data from 72 children aged 7–10 were analysed regarding their attitudes towards NAO (social trust, competency trust, liking, and perceived agency), their behaviour towards the robot (self-disclosure, following recommendations), as well as their task performance. We did not find quantitative effects of the robot’s error on children’s self-reported attitudes, behaviour, or task performance. Age was also not significantly related to either social attitudes or behaviours towards NAO, although there were some age-related differences in task performance. Potential reasons behind the lack of statistical effects and limitations of the study with regards to the manipulation of robot errors are discussed and insights into the design of future CRI studies provided.

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