The ecological study of preschooler's conversation about animate beings and pet robots.

机器人在我们的日常生活中变得越来越先进。了解他们对人们的心理影响是很重要的。在第一个实验中，我们使用移动平稳的机器人AIBO和会说人类单词的机器人DOG.COM来研究儿童与机器狗的互动。我们拍摄了6岁的儿童(N=52)和5岁的儿童(N=54)与AIBO或DOG.COM互动的过程，并采访了孩子们，了解他们对“机器狗的思想和生活”的理解。视频显示，孩子们与机器狗交流得很好。孩子们与AIBO的互动主要是在动作层面上，他们对DOG.COM的话做出了反应。6岁的孩子对机器狗说话的频率更高，6岁的孩子提到AIBO的精神状态的人数比5岁的孩子多。采访的结果表明，一半的孩子回答说机器狗是活的。在一些问题上，90%的儿童将精神状态归因于机器狗。在采访中，他们对这两种机器狗的认识没有差异。最后，我们讨论了一种新的传播方式和新的生活理念的出现。在第二个实验和第三个实验中，我们得到了类似的结果。在第四个实验中，我们通过他每天检查清单的日记，对成人与AIBO的互动进行了为期一周的调查。这份清单包括关于他的感受以及对AIBO行为和精神状态的认可的问题。三名成年人坚称，AIBO还活着，有他的想法。讨论了机器人是新近出现的边界存在者。

Robots are becoming more advanced in our daily lives. Understanding the psychological affects they have on people is important. In the first experiment, We investigated child-robotic dog interactions using AIBO, a robot that moves smoothly, and DOG.COM, a robot that speaks human word. We videotaped six-year-olds (N=52) and five-year-olds (N=54) interacting with AIBO or DOG.COM and interviewed the children about their understanding of the "robotic dog's mind and life". The videos showed that children communicated well with the robotic dogs. Children interacted with AIBO mainly on a motion level, and they reacted to the words of DOG.COM. The six-year-olds spoke more frequently to the robotic dogs, and more six-year-olds mentioned AIBO's mental state than the five-year-old. The results of the interviews indicated that the half children answered that the robotic dog was alive. In some questions, 90 percent of children attributed mental states to the robotic dogs. There was on difference in their recognition of the two types of robotic dogs in the interview. Finally, we discussed the emergence of a new communication style and new life concept. In the second experiment and in the third experiment, we gain the similar results. In the fourth experiment, we investigated adult-AIBO interactions for a week by his diaries in which he checked the list every day. The list consists of the questions about his feelings and recognitions of AIBO's behaviors and mental states. Three adults insisted AIBO was alive and had his mind. It was discussed that robots were boundary existents which had recently emerged.