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Here, the psychological construct of transitional objects is presented, along with animism and suspension of disbelief in order to provide guidelines and inspiration for Human-Robot Interaction directed to young users. In particular, we will focus on bedtime and children sleeping alone, which is critical after the separation from their mother. Also, the interaction paradigm of mouth exploration and tongue interaction is presented as particularly promising for young children.
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This research has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 FET Proactive project “WeNet – The Internet of us”, grant agreement No 823783.
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Torsi, S., Nair, N.C., Giunchiglia, F. (2022). Robots as Transitional Objects for Young Children. In: Rocha, A., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F. (eds) Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 468. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04826-5_23
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