Research Article
The Development of an Online Research Tool to Investigate Children’s Social Bonds with Robots
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_3, author={Dana Veenstra and Vanessa Evers}, title={The Development of an Online Research Tool to Investigate Children’s Social Bonds with Robots}, proceedings={Human-Robot Personal Relationships. Third International Conference, HRPR 2010, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={HRPR}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Social robot children Icat human-robot interaction KidSAR human-robot social bond}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_3} }- Dana Veenstra
Vanessa Evers
Year: 2012
The Development of an Online Research Tool to Investigate Children’s Social Bonds with Robots
HRPR
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_3
Abstract
As children are increasingly exposed to robots, it is important to learn more about the social interaction and bond that may develop between robots and children. In this paper we report the development of an interactive tool to measure children’s attitudes toward social robots for children ages 6-10. A first version of the KidSAR instrument was tested and a pilot study was carried out to evaluate and improve the design of the KidSAR (Children’s Social Attitude toward Robots) tool. The pilot study involved a small scale field experiment assessing whether children feel more social connection with a robot in a caring role compared with a role where it needed to be taken care of. The final KidSAR tool was developed after evaluation of children’s responses and observation of children using the tool.