Investigating Models of Social Development Using a Humanoid Robot

Abstract

The evaluation of models of social and behavioral development is difficult in natural settings; ethical concerns, difficulties in implementing experimental procedures, and difficulties in isolating hypothesized variables make experimental evidence difficult or impossible to obtain. We propose the use of human-like robots as a testbed for the evaluation of models of human social development. Robotic implementation of human social models allows for unique opportunities to evaluate those models. In this paper, we review some of the implications of this proposal by examining a case study of an on-going project to implement an existing model of one aspect human social development, the development of joint attention behaviors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA434679

Entities

People

  • Brian Scassellati

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Adaptive Systems
  • Animal Behavior
  • Animals
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Science
  • Detectors
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Engineering
  • Human Behavior
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Psychological Theory
  • Recognition
  • Robotics
  • Visual Targets

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction