Robot-assistant behaviour analysis for robot-child interactions

Abstract

The paper introduces research of interaction between a humanoid robot and a group of preschool children. As can be seen from the brief review the ultimate goal of any such researches is to create the most comfortable and native child-robot interaction with minimum involvement from the operator. But it is impossible to reach this goal without considering the peculiarities of robotics platforms as well as human psychology. A lot of number of features should be considered when conducting experiments and planning the scenario of interaction of a child with the robot.