The wizard and I
How transparent teleoperation and self-description (do not) affect children’s robot perceptions and child-robot relationship formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8091009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline L van Straten (0000-0002-2998-6104, corresponding author), Jochen Peters (0000-0002-2356-6619), Jochen Peter, Rinaldo Kühne (0000-0002-0411-1002), Àlex Barco (0000-0002-7224-2186) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 383-399 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AI & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5666 • E-ISSN: 1435-5655 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00146-021-01202-3 |
| OpenAlex | W3153405710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 77 |
It has been well documented that children perceive robots as social, mental, and moral others. Studies on child-robot interaction may encourage this perception of robots, first, by using a Wizard of Oz (i.e., teleoperation) set-up and, second, by having robots engage in self-description. However, much remains unknown about the effects of transparent teleoperation and self-description on children’s perception of, and relationship formation with a robot. To address this research gap initially, we conducted an experimental study with a 2 × 2 (teleoperation: overt/covert; self-description: yes/no) between-subject design in which 168 children aged 7–10 interacted with a Nao robot once. Transparency about the teleoperation procedure decreased children’s perceptions of the robot’s autonomy and anthropomorphism. Self-description reduced the degree to which children perceived the robot as being similar to themselves. Transparent teleoperation and self-description affected neither children’s perceptions of the robot’s animacy and social presence nor their closeness to and trust in the robot
Affect (linguistics · Animacy · Closeness · Cognitive psychology · Human–computer interaction · Mobile robot · Perception · Robot · Robot control · Simulation · Social robot · Teleoperation · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |