If A Robot Did "The Robot," Would It Still Be Called "The Robot" Or Just Dancing? Perceptual And Social Factors In Human-Robot Interactions
Abstract
One day in the future, robots will become a normal feature of everyday life and effective human-robotic partnerships will be important. The purpose of the present study was to identify the impact certain social design elements have on likability and fear in human-robot interactions through examination of human-like feminine, human-like masculine, human-like gender-neutral, and machine-like robots. The current study examined college students at a small private university. Analyses revealed that robot appearance did influence likability, with the human-like gender-neutral robot liked most by participants. Robot appearance also played a role in shaping evaluations of fear, with the human-like feminine robot feared more than the human-like gender-neutral and machine-like robots, but no more than the human-like masculine robot. The discussion centers on the importance of studying likability and fear in the context of HRI.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume
2015-January
Number of Pages
796-800
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931215591244
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84981709191 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84981709191
STARS Citation
Warta, Samantha F., "If A Robot Did "The Robot," Would It Still Be Called "The Robot" Or Just Dancing? Perceptual And Social Factors In Human-Robot Interactions" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 2058.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/2058