Abigail Perkins
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Abigail Perkins investigates the intersection of developmental psychology and human-robot interaction, focusing on how children conceptualize and engage with social robots. Her most-cited work, "Children’s Age Influences Their Use of Biological and Mechanical Questions Towards a Humanoid" (2017), examines how young children’s cognitive frameworks shape the types of questions they pose to humanoid robots—distinguishing between biological and mechanical inquiries as a function of age. This research offers critical insights into how children anthropomorphize technology and how their understanding of living versus artificial systems evolves during early development. Though her citation count is modest, Perkins’ work contributes to foundational debates in child-robot interaction, informing the design of age-appropriate educational robots and conversational agents. Her findings highlight the importance of tailoring robotic behaviors and responses to children’s developmental stages, a key consideration for educators and technologists building interactive learning tools. By bridging developmental theory with human-robot interaction, Perkins helps shape how we design technologies that resonate with young users’ natural curiosity and cognitive growth.
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