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，我们研究了儿童与机器狗的互动，使用AIBO，一个移动平稳的机器人，和DOG.COM，一个会说人话的机器人。我们拍摄了六奥尔兹（N=52）和五奥尔兹（N=54）的儿童与爱宝或DOG.COM互动的录像，并采访了儿童对“机器狗的思想和生活”的理解。视频显示，孩子们与机器狗沟通良好。儿童与爱博的互动主要是在动作层面上，他们对DOG.COM的话语做出反应。6奥尔兹更频繁地与机器狗交谈，更多的6岁奥尔兹提到AIBO的精神状态。采访结果表明，一半的孩子回答说，机器狗是活着的。在一些问题中，90%的儿童将精神状态归因于机器狗。在访谈中，他们对两种机器狗的认知没有差异。最后，我们讨论了一种新的沟通方式和新的生活观念的出现。在第二个实验和第三个实验中，我们得到了类似的结果。在实验四中，我们通过他每天检查列表的日记来考察成人与AIBO的互动。这份清单由关于他的感受和对艾博行为和精神状态的描述的问题组成。三个成年人坚持说艾博还活着，而且有头脑。会上讨论到，机器人是最近出现的边界不确定性。

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.