Can a robot teach me that? Children's ability to imitate robots.
Child–robot interaction
Imitation
Robot deficit
human-robot interaction
observational learning
social learning
Journal
Journal of experimental child psychology
ISSN: 1096-0457
Titre abrégé: J Exp Child Psychol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985128R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2021
03 2021
Historique:
received:
20
09
2019
revised:
03
09
2020
accepted:
04
09
2020
pubmed:
11
12
2020
medline:
16
10
2021
entrez:
10
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Commensurate with constant technological advances, social robots are increasingly anticipated to enter homes and classrooms; however, little is known about the efficacy of social robots as teaching tools. To investigate children's learning from robots, 1- to 3-year-olds observed either a human or a robot demonstrate two goal-directed object manipulation tasks and were then given the opportunity to act on the objects. Children exhibited less imitation from robotic models that varied with task complexity and age, a phenomenon we term the "robot deficit." In addition, the more children engaged with the robot prior to administration of the imitation task, the more likely they were to replicate the robot's actions. These findings document how children are able to learn from robots but that ongoing design of robotic platforms needs to be oriented to developing more socially engaging means of interacting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33302129
pii: S0022-0965(20)30494-X
doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105040
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105040Informations de copyright
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