Abstract
To get a better understanding of people's natural responses to humanlike robots outside the lab, we analyzed commentary on online videos depicting robots of different humanlikeness and gender. We built on previous work, which compared online video commentary of moderately and highly humanlike robots with respect to valence, uncanny valley, threats, and objectification. Additionally, we took into account the robot's gender, its appearance, its societal impact, the attribution of mental states, and how people attribute human stereotypes to robots. The results are mostly in line with previous work. Overall, the findings indicate that moderately humanlike robot design may be preferable over highly humanlike robot design because it is less associated with negative attitudes and perceptions. Robot designers should therefore be cautious when designing highly humanlike and gendered robots.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | HRI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 119-128 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450382892 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450382892 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Mar 2021 |
Event | 16th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 8 Mar 2021 → 11 Mar 2021 Conference number: 16 |
Publication series
Name | ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
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ISSN (Electronic) | 2167-2148 |
Conference
Conference | 16th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2021 |
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Abbreviated title | HRI 2021 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 8/03/21 → 11/03/21 |
Keywords
- Attitude
- Human-robot interaction
- Humanlikeness
- Online commentary
- Perception
- Robot gender
- Sexualization
- Threat
- Uncanny valley