Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center

Tanaka et al. 10.1073/pnas.0707769104.

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Movie 1. Touch--giggling contingency. QRIO giggles when the children touch its head. This simple contingency helped start the bonding process between the children and QRIO.





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Movie 2. Hug QRIO. A toddler spontaneously hugs QRIO.





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Movie 3. Displacement hug toward Robby? A toddler looks at QRIO while hugging Robby.





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Movie 4. QRIO "night-night." Children cover QRIO with a blanket and say night-night as its batteries run out.





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Movie 5. Helping QRIO stand up. A toddler helps QRIO stand up despite repeated advice from an adult not to do so.

This Article

  1. PNAS November 13, 2007 vol. 104 no. 46 17954-17958
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