TY - GEN
T1 - Mind Perception of a Sociable Humanoid Robot
T2 - 4th Iberian Robotics Conference, ROBOT 2019
AU - Alimardani, Maryam
AU - Qurashi, Sonia
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Sociable robots are slowly entering domains such as education and healthcare. As we are exposing our youth and elderly to these new intelligent technologies, it is important to understand their perception and attitudes towards robots. This study investigates the differences between elderly and young adults in ascribing mind perception to a sociable humanoid robot. Both subjective and behavioral measurements were employed to investigate the differences. Several trends were found; elderlies attributed higher scores of mind perception to the robot, whereas young adults seemed to have a more positive attitude towards it. Elderlies seemed to apply human social models of interaction, whereas young adults perceived a master-slave relationship between humans and the robot. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation was found between mind perception and attitude toward the robot for both groups.
AB - Sociable robots are slowly entering domains such as education and healthcare. As we are exposing our youth and elderly to these new intelligent technologies, it is important to understand their perception and attitudes towards robots. This study investigates the differences between elderly and young adults in ascribing mind perception to a sociable humanoid robot. Both subjective and behavioral measurements were employed to investigate the differences. Several trends were found; elderlies attributed higher scores of mind perception to the robot, whereas young adults seemed to have a more positive attitude towards it. Elderlies seemed to apply human social models of interaction, whereas young adults perceived a master-slave relationship between humans and the robot. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation was found between mind perception and attitude toward the robot for both groups.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85079094340
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-36150-1_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-36150-1_9
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783030361495
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 96
EP - 108
BT - Robot 2019: 4th Iberian Robotics Conference - Advances in Robotics
A2 - Silva, M.F.
A2 - Luís Lima, J.
A2 - Reis, L.P.
A2 - Sanfeliu, A.
A2 - Tardioli, D.
PB - Springer
Y2 - 20 November 2019 through 22 November 2019
ER -