Do infants perceive the social robot Keepon as a communicative partner? |
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| Institution: | 1. Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;2. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Clinical and Life Span Psychology Department, Brussels, Belgium;3. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Robotics and Multibody Mechanics Research Group, Brussels, Belgium;1. Beer-Sheva Mental Health Center, Hazadik Miyerushalaim 2, Beer Sheva 8461144, Israel;2. The Child Psychiatry Division, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 5262000, Israel;3. Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel;4. The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;1. MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;2. Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Oregon;1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea;2. Department of Computer Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea;1. RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan;2. University of Tsukuba Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Japan;3. Department of Intelligent Interaction Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates if infants perceive an unfamiliar agent, such as the robot Keepon, as a social agent after observing an interaction between the robot and a human adult. 23 infants, aged 9–17 month, were exposed, in a first phase, to either a contingent interaction between the active robot and an active human adult, or to an interaction between an active human adult and the non-active robot, followed by a second phase, in which infants were offered the opportunity to initiate a turn-taking interaction with Keepon.The measured variables were: (1) the number of social initiations the infant directed toward the robot, and (2) the number of anticipatory orientations of attention to the agent that follows in the conversation. The results indicate a significant higher level of initiations in the interactive robot condition compared to the non-active robot condition, while the difference between the frequencies of anticipations of turn-taking behaviors was not significant. |
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| Keywords: | Human–robot interaction Contingency Agency Turn-taking Conversation Infants |
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