Age-based differences in preferences and affective reactions towards a robot's personality during interaction

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Highlights:

• Analysis of children's emotional reactions and preferences towards a social robot.

• Participants were stratified according to age for identifying relevant differences.

• Younger children tolerate better robot's negative responses than older children 
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• Adherence to a non-collaborative robot is higher in younger than in older children.

• Findings are useful for the design of social robots aimed to interact with children.

摘要

•Analysis of children's emotional reactions and preferences towards a social robot.•Participants were stratified according to age for identifying relevant differences.•Younger children tolerate better robot's negative responses than older children 
.•Adherence to a non-collaborative robot is higher in younger than in older children.•Findings are useful for the design of social robots aimed to interact with children.

论文关键词:Child-robot interaction,Modelling artificial personalities,Age-based differences,Social robots

论文评审过程:Received 30 November 2017, Revised 29 January 2018, Accepted 26 February 2018, Available online 1 March 2018, Version of Record 7 March 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.039