TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic pets in the lives of preschool children
AU - Kahn, Peter H.
AU - Friedman, Batya
AU - Perez-Granados, Deanne R.
AU - Freier, Nathan G.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This study examined preschool children's reasoning about and behavioral interactions with one of the most advanced robotic pets currently on the retail market, Sony's robotic dog AIBO. Eighty children, equally divided between two age groups, 34-50 months and 58-74 months, participated in individual sessions that included play with and an interview about two artifacts: AIBO and a stuffed dog. Results showed similarities in children's reasoning about the two artifacts, but differences in their behavioral interactions. Discussion focuses on how robotic pets, as representative of an emerging technological genre in HCI, may be (a) blurring foundational ontological categories, and (b) impacting children's social and moral development. More broadly, results inform on our understanding of the human-robotic relationship.
AB - This study examined preschool children's reasoning about and behavioral interactions with one of the most advanced robotic pets currently on the retail market, Sony's robotic dog AIBO. Eighty children, equally divided between two age groups, 34-50 months and 58-74 months, participated in individual sessions that included play with and an interview about two artifacts: AIBO and a stuffed dog. Results showed similarities in children's reasoning about the two artifacts, but differences in their behavioral interactions. Discussion focuses on how robotic pets, as representative of an emerging technological genre in HCI, may be (a) blurring foundational ontological categories, and (b) impacting children's social and moral development. More broadly, results inform on our understanding of the human-robotic relationship.
KW - AIBO
KW - Children
KW - Companionship
KW - Ethics
KW - Human values
KW - Humanrobotic relationship
KW - Moral development
KW - Robotic pets
KW - Social responses to technology
KW - User conceptions
KW - Value sensitive design
KW - Virtual pets
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U2 - 10.1145/985921.986087
DO - 10.1145/985921.986087
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876762818
SN - 1581137036
SN - 9781581137033
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1449
EP - 1452
BT - Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004
T2 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004
Y2 - 24 April 2004 through 29 April 2004
ER -