Here, we aimed to investigate whether young children's helping behaviour would extend to a nonhuman entity—a humanoid robot. In an experimental between-subjects ...
Young children help people achieve their goals in various situations, even in the absence of verbal requests or rewards. Such help is typically described as ...
We conclude that the indiscriminate nature of young children's altruistic behaviour extends to humanoid robots.
Here, we aimed to investigate whether young children's helping behaviour would extend to a nonhuman entity—a humanoid robot. In an experimental between-subjects ...
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Feb 21, 2020 · The current study investigated whether two key characteristics of a humanoid robot (animate autonomy and friendly expressiveness) would affect ...
Furthermore, a recent study showed that young children's helping behavior is not confined to human recipients, but extends to a robot in need ...
Jun 14, 2024 · The findings of this study will motivate interaction designs for social robots that can leverage human help.
Sep 20, 2023 · Our results show that children thought it was more fair to share unequally when the disadvantaged recipient was a robot rather than a child.
Jan 31, 2022 · This study explores both British children's and adults' perception of and motivation to interact with three different types of robots.
Feb 21, 2020 · Investigating the nature of children's altruism using a social humanoid robot. Computers in Human Behavior, 104, Article 106149. http://dx ...