Robot Morphology and Children's Perception of Social Robots: An Exploratory Study

Alex Barco; Chiara de Jong; Jochen Peter; Rinaldo Kuhne; Caroline L. van Straten

doi:10.1145/3371382.3378348

Robot Morphology and Children's Perception of Social Robots: An Exploratory Study

Alex Barco
, Chiara de Jong
, Jochen Peter
, Rinaldo Kuhne
, Caroline L. van Straten

University of Amsterdam

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether robot morphology (i.e., anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, or caricatured) influences children's perceptions of animacy, anthropomorphism, social presence, and perceived similarity. Based on a sample of 35 children aged seven to fourteen, we found that, depending on the robot's morphology, children's perceptions of anthropomorphism, social presence, and perceived similarity varied, with the anthropomorphic robot typically ranking higher than the zoomorphic robot. Our findings suggest that the morphology of social robots should be taken into account when planning, analyzing, and interpreting studies on child-robot interaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-127
Number of pages	3
Journal	Acm Ieee International Conference On Human-robot Interaction
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378348
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) - Cambridge Duration: 23 Mar 2020 → 26 Mar 2020

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