Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, 12587 Berlin, Germany.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2011 Jul;26(7):369-75. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.015. Epub 2011 Apr 14.
Interactive robots have the potential to revolutionise the study of social behaviour because they provide several methodological advances. In interactions with live animals, the behaviour of robots can be standardised, morphology and behaviour can be decoupled (so that different morphologies and behavioural strategies can be combined), behaviour can be manipulated in complex interaction sequences and models of behaviour can be embodied by the robot and thereby be tested. Furthermore, robots can be used as demonstrators in experiments on social learning. As we discuss here, the opportunities that robots create for new experimental approaches have far-reaching consequences for research in fields such as mate choice, cooperation, social learning, personality studies and collective behaviour.
互动机器人有可能彻底改变社会行为研究，因为它们提供了几种方法上的进步。在与活体动物的互动中，机器人的行为可以标准化，形态和行为可以分离（因此可以结合不同的形态和行为策略），行为可以在复杂的交互序列中进行操作，并且机器人可以体现行为模型，从而进行测试。此外，机器人可以用作社会学习实验中的示范者。正如我们在这里讨论的那样，机器人为新的实验方法创造的机会对伴侣选择、合作、社会学习、个性研究和集体行为等领域的研究具有深远的影响。
