@inproceedings{322dedbe8b0947628b13e93c1737a994,
title = "Co-creation as a facilitator for Co-regulation in child-robot interaction",
abstract = "While interacting with a social robot, children have a need to express themselves and have their expressions acknowledged by the robot. A need that is often unaddressed by the robot, due to its limitations in understanding the expressions of children. To keep the child-robot interaction manageable the robot takes control, undermining children's ability to co-regulate the interaction. Co-regulation is important for having a fulfilling social interaction. We developed a co-creation activity that aims to facilitate more co-regulation. Children are enabled to create sound effects, gestures, and light shows for the robot to use during their conversation. Results from a user study (N = 59 school children, 7-11 y.o.) showed that the co-creation activity successfully facilitated co-regulation by improving children's agency. Co-creation furthermore increases children's acceptance of the robot.",
keywords = "Child-robot interaction, Co-creation, Co-regulation, User-study",
author = "Ligthart, {Mike E.U.} and Neerincx, {Mark A.} and Hindriks, {Koen V.}",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1145/3434074.3447180",
language = "English",
series = "ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "298--302",
booktitle = "HRI 2021 - Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction",
address = "United States",
note = "2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2021 ; Conference date: 08-03-2021 Through 11-03-2021",
}