Title :
Thinking and seeing in intentional and mechanical systems
Author :
Saylor, M.M. ; Levin, D.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Psychol. & Human Dev., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
The present study investigates preschoolers´ beliefs about the psychological, biological, and mechanical properties of humanoid and animaloid robots. Four-year-old children revealed a high degree of consistency in their responses to questions about attributes of living things and robots. In doing so, they largely maintained the category distinction between animate and inanimate entities, by restricting features of living things to animate entities and features of artifacts to the robots.
Keywords :
biology; humanoid robots; man-machine systems; mobile robots; psychology; animaloid robot; biological properties; human robot interaction; humanoid robot; intelligent artifacts; intentional system; mechanical properties; mechanical system; psychological properties; Animation; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Intelligent robots; Machine intelligence; Mechanical factors; Mechanical systems; Pediatrics; Psychology; TV;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005. ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9274-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513863
