TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's acceptance of social robots
T2 - A narrative review of the research 2000-2017
AU - de Jong, Chiara
AU - Peter, Jochen
AU - Kuhne, Rinaldo
AU - Barco, Alex
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Social robots progressively enter children's lives, but little is known about children's acceptance of social robots and its antecedents. To fill this research gap, this narrative review surveyed 34 articles on child-robot interaction published between 2000 and 2017. We focused on robot, user, and interaction characteristics as potential antecedents of children's intentional and behavioral social robot acceptance. In general, children readily accept robots. However, we found that social, adaptive robot behavior, children's sex and age, as well as frequency of the interaction seem to affect acceptance. Additionally, we found various theoretical and methodological shortcomings in the field. The review concludes with recommendations and directions for future research on children's acceptance of social robots.
AB - Social robots progressively enter children's lives, but little is known about children's acceptance of social robots and its antecedents. To fill this research gap, this narrative review surveyed 34 articles on child-robot interaction published between 2000 and 2017. We focused on robot, user, and interaction characteristics as potential antecedents of children's intentional and behavioral social robot acceptance. In general, children readily accept robots. However, we found that social, adaptive robot behavior, children's sex and age, as well as frequency of the interaction seem to affect acceptance. Additionally, we found various theoretical and methodological shortcomings in the field. The review concludes with recommendations and directions for future research on children's acceptance of social robots.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=eur_pure&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000510181200002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS
U2 - 10.1075/is.18071.jon
DO - 10.1075/is.18071.jon
M3 - Review article
SN - 1572-0373
VL - 20
SP - 393
EP - 425
JO - Interaction Studies
JF - Interaction Studies
IS - 3
ER -