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===Human-Dog Relation=== | ===Human-Dog Relation=== | ||
- | A dog is man's best friend. An emotional bond exists between a dog and its owner. It grows gradually day-by-day until there is a certain language between the two, where both of them understand each other without really saying a word. With the robot industry creating a wide range of pet-like robots. Dogs have a share in the electronics market with their robot clones. The Japanese word for Companion is “AIBO” and is used to call the artificial intelligence robot developed by Sony. The robot dog-like pet can walk, see, recognize sounds and even grows older. With these dog-like features of the artificial companion it is fundamental to investigate the relationship of users and AIBO compared to the relationship with dogs and puppies. Since this falls into the context of LIREC work[1], EOTETO researchers inspected children’s and adults’ attitude and behavior when playing with AIBO and a live puppy. | + | A dog is man's best friend. An emotional bond exists between a dog and its owner. It gradually |
It was found in previous studies that children refer to AIBO as a living dog[2]. Elderly people considered AIBO as a family member just like any other animal pet they could have[3]. This study focused on the details and patterns of interaction with the robot revealing interesting findings. | It was found in previous studies that children refer to AIBO as a living dog[2]. Elderly people considered AIBO as a family member just like any other animal pet they could have[3]. This study focused on the details and patterns of interaction with the robot revealing interesting findings. | ||
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===Play Time=== | ===Play Time=== | ||
- | Participants in the study played with either AIBO or the live puppy for a short period. The play involved using a small pink ball with AIBO so that it would get attracted to it, the puppy played with a ball and a tug. The participants played, petted and verbally communicated with the puppy/AIBO. The whole action was video taped for later analysis | + | Participants in the study played with either AIBO or the live puppy for a short period. The play involved using a small pink ball with AIBO so that it would get attracted to it, the puppy played with a ball and a tug. The participants played, petted and verbally communicated with the puppy/AIBO. The whole action was video taped for further |
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+ | ===The Puppy/AIBO Experience Is the Same=== | ||
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+ | Not true, it isn’t exactly the same. The research revealed that participants didn’t differentiate between communicating with AIBO or the puppy in terms of duration and frequency of stroking and looking at AIBO/ | ||
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+ | ===Future of Pet Robots=== | ||
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+ | It is unfair to think of AIBO or any other pet-like robot as a real pet. Although people interact the same way with the live pet and the electronic pet, still their interpretation is different to what they are interacting with. In order to have a space for pet-like robots in the future living with us as companions it should be stressed that electronic pet-like robots are different from live pets. This way the interaction won’t be biased and expectations won’t be disappointed when the real experience takes place. | ||
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+ | ===Article Answers:=== | ||
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+ | Is there a dog-like robot? Yes, AIBO is our example. | ||
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+ | Can this robot respond when you call its name? AIBO recognizes sounds, which enables it form responding when calling his own name. | ||
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+ | Does this robot interact and play as a real dog does? Yes it does with a limited capacity of interacting compared to real dogs. | ||
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+ | Is having a robot-pet is similar to having a real dog pet? Interpretation of the robot pet is different to having live pet. Therefore the answer is subjective. For people that couldn’t have a pet, having AIBO fulfills their need to have a pet. | ||
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+ | ===Next=== | ||
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+ | In the coming article we will talk about the robot that plays chess with people, till then stay tuned. | ||
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+ | ===Read more:=== | ||
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