The purpose of this study was to investigate correlations among the biological, mental, social, moral,
and educational characteristics how young children perceived the intelligent robot iRobiQ. The interview was conducted with 111, 5-year-olds attending to 2 kindergartens and 2 child care centers where iRobiQ was purchased and used since March 2009. The young children had experienced the robot one hour or less every day for two weeks or less.
There were significant positive correlations among educational perception, mental, social perceptions.
The robot contents related to the socio-emotional perceptions of robot had high level of human-robot interactions such as “Talking with the Robot” or “Attendance Check”. Especially children experienced ‘voice’ and ‘touch screen’ function of robot showed higher educational perception. And the social and educational perceptions was higher when the robot was placed in classroom than in the hallway or the office. The results indicate that they should develop robot content focused on socio-emotional characteristics for educational purposes and place a robot in classroom to use a robot individually.
Key Words: education robot, perception towards robot, user experience