A robot is watching me!: Five-year-old children care about their reputation after interaction with a social robot.

Since robots are becoming involved in children's lives, it is urgent to determine how children perceive robots. The present study assessed whether Japanese 5-year-olds care about their reputation when interacting with a social robot. Children were given stickers and asked to divide them between themselves and an absent recipient. Results revealed that children (N = 112, 55 boys, 57 girls) strategically shared more stickers when being watched by a social interactive robot than by an attentional but non-interactive robot or a still robot. Additionally, children (N = 36, 18 boys, 18 girls) attributed higher psychological properties to social robots. This study is the first to show that 5-year-olds care about their reputations from social robots.

由于机器人正逐渐融入儿童的生活，确定儿童如何看待机器人已迫在眉睫。本研究评估了日本5岁儿童在与社交机器人互动时是否在意自己的声誉。研究人员给孩子们贴纸，并让他们在自己和一个不在场的接收者之间分配。结果显示，当有社交互动机器人注视时，儿童（N = 112，55名男孩，57名女孩）比在有注意但无互动的机器人或静止机器人注视时更有策略地分享更多贴纸。此外，儿童（N = 36，18名男孩，18名女孩）赋予社交机器人更高的心理属性。这项研究首次表明5岁儿童在意自己在社交机器人眼中的声誉。