Children's acceptance of social robots: A narrative review of the research 2000-2017

Chiara de Jong, Jochen Peter, Rinaldo Kuhne, Alex Barco

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-425
Number of pages33
JournalInteraction Studies
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

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