• 아동학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.97-111
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• 2008

This paper presents three related experiments designed to identify factors that may affect the level of intimacy between children and a robot placed in a kindergarten setting. In total, 68 children aged three to five took part in the experiments, where they were instructed to share four or five stickers with a robot as they wished. Data were collected by means of video-taping and by interviewing the motivations of the children for their conducts in the experiment. The results of the study suggest the following factors that may affect the extent to which a child feels intimacy towards a robot: gender, age, prior experiences with a robot, interaction time with a robot, and the perception of robot appearance design.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.109-118
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• 2020

본 연구는 유아의 로봇 상호작용 경험 유무, 성별 및 연령이 엔터테인먼트 로봇 견과의 친밀함에 영향을 미치는지 분배원리를 활용하여 살펴보는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 서울지역 어린이집 유아 총 70명을 대상으로 두 가지 종류의 실험을 하였다. 실험 1은 상호작용 여부 영향을 살펴본 것으로 만 5세 유아 총 34명(실험집단 17명, 비교집단 17명), 실험2는 성별, 연령 영향에 관한 연구로 만 3세에서 만 5세까지 유아 각 12명씩 총 36명(사전, 사후 집단)이다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 로봇과 상호작용을 경험한 실험집단이 엔터테인먼트 로봇 견에게 유의한 친밀함을 느꼈고 그 이유는 정서로 밝혀졌다(실험1). 둘째, 엔터테인먼트 로봇 견과의 친밀함에 유아의 성별은 큰 영향을 미치지 못하며 연령은 reverted U 추이를 나타냈다(실험2).

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose and examine the feasibility of the robot-assisted behavioral intervention system so as to strengthen positive response of the children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for learning social skills. Based on well-known behavioral treatment protocols, the robot offers therapeutic training elements of eye contact and emotion reading respectively in child-robot interaction, and it subsequently accomplishes pre-allocated meaningful acts by estimating the level of children's reactivity from reliable recognition modules, as a coping strategy. Furthermore, for the purpose of labor saving and attracting children's interest, we implemented the robotic stimulation configuration with semi-autonomous actions capable of inducing intimacy and tension to children in instructional trials. From these configurations, by evaluating the ability of recognizing human activity as well as by showing improved reactivity for social training, we verified that the proposed system has some positive effects on social development, targeted for preschoolers who have a high functioning level.