Attitudinal and Intentional Acceptance of Domestic Robots by Younger and Older Adults

Ezer, Neta; Fisk, Arthur D.; Rogers, Wendy A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02710-9_5

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“…The exact format of the questions is described in the Results section. Our questions were based on literature on robot design and acceptance (e.g., [5,7,18]) and cultural factors related to user perceptions of robots [2, [2,17]). Participants received a version of the survey in their native language (English [16], Korean, and Turkish).…”

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Culturally variable preferences for robot design and use in South Korea, Turkey, and the United States

Lee

Šabanović

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

115

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Based on the results of an online survey conducted with participants in South Korea (N=73), Turkey (N=46), and the United States (N=99), we show that people's perceptions and preferences regarding acceptable designs and uses for robots are culturally variable on a number of dimensions, including general attitudes towards robots, preferences for robot form, interactivity, intelligence, and sociality. We also explore correlations between these design and use characteristics and factors cited as having an effect on user perceptions and acceptance of robots, such as religious beliefs and media exposure. Our research suggests that culturally variable attitudes and preferences toward robots are not simply reducible to these factors, rather they relate to more specific social dynamics and norms. In conclusion, we discuss potential design and research implications of culturally variable and universally accepted user preferences regarding robots.

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Culturally variable preferences for robot design and use in South Korea, Turkey, and the United States

Lee

Šabanović

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

115

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“…Similar findings have been found before in the HRI literature indicating that the people disapprove of robots performing social tasks (Arras & Cerqui, 2005;European Commission, 2012) and that robots should not substitute humans but rather serve as collaborators or servants for people (Ray, Mondada, & Siegwart, 2008;Takayama, Ju, & Nass, 2008). One explanation for these results is that robots could be labelled as a "disruptive technology," because they are more than just updated replacements of existing technologies (Ezer et al, 2009a), and people are not easily prompted to embrace disruptive technologies (Dewar & Dutton, 1986;Green, Gavin, & Aiman-Smith, 1995). In the case of social robots, it could be that people do not want to use robots that behave socially, and the development of such robots should not be pursued.…”

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Why Would I Use This in My Home? A Model of Domestic Social Robot Acceptance

Graaf

Allouch

Dijk

2017

Human–Computer Interaction

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Many independent studies in social robotics and human-robot interaction have gained knowledge on various factors that affect people's perceptions of and behaviors toward robots. However, only a few of those studies aimed to develop models of social robot acceptance integrating a wider range of such factors. With the rise of robotic technologies for everyday environments, such comprehensive research on relevant acceptance factors is increasingly necessary. This article presents a conceptual model of social robot acceptance with a strong theoretical base, which has been tested among the general Dutch population (n = 1,168) using structural equation modeling. The results show a strong role of normative believes that both directly and indirectly affect the anticipated acceptance of social robots for domestic purposes. Moreover, the data show that, at least at this stage of diffusion within society, people seem somewhat reluctant to accept social behaviors from robots. The current findings of our study Maartje M.A. de Graaf (maartje_de_graaf@brown.edu, https://robonarratives.wordpress.com) is a behavioral scientist with an interest in people's social, emotional, and cognitive responses to robots along with the societal and ethical consequences of such responses. Currently she is a postdoctoral research associate at the

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“…User acceptance can be defined as ''the demonstrable willingness within a user group to employ technology for the tasks it is designed to support" (De Ruyter et al, 2005). Acceptance of robots has been one of the main topics of study in social robotics (Ezer et al, 2009;Weiss et al, 2009;Walters et al, 2008), and is considered as a key to evaluate robots as interfaces for humans.…”

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A realistic, virtual head for human–computer interaction

Marcos¹,

Gómez-García-Bermejo

Zalama

2010

Interacting with Computers

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a b s t r a c tIn this paper an interactive and realistic virtual head oriented to human-computer interaction and social robotics is presented. It has been designed following a hybrid approach, taking robotic characteristics into account and searching for a convergence between these characteristics, real facial actions and animation techniques. An initial head model is first obtained from a real person using a laser scanner. Then the model is animated using a hierarchical skeleton based procedure. The proposed rig structure is close to real facial muscular anatomy and its behaviour follows the Facial Action Coding System. Speech synthesis and visual human-face tracking capabilities are also integrated for providing the head with further interaction ability. Using the said hybrid approach, the head can be readily linked to a social-robot architecture. The opinions of a number of persons interacting with this social avatar have been evaluated and are reported in the paper, as against their reactions when interacting with a social robot with a mechatronic face. Results show the suitability of the avatar for on-screen, real-time interfacing in human-computer interaction. The proposed technique could also be helpful in the future for designing and parameterizing mechatronic human-like heads for social robots.

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Attitudinal and Intentional Acceptance of Domestic Robots by Younger and Older Adults

Cited by 108 publications

References 15 publications

Culturally variable preferences for robot design and use in South Korea, Turkey, and the United States

Culturally variable preferences for robot design and use in South Korea, Turkey, and the United States

Why Would I Use This in My Home? A Model of Domestic Social Robot Acceptance

A realistic, virtual head for human–computer interaction

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