Experimental investigation into influence of negative attitudes toward robots on human–robot interaction

Nomura, Tatsuya; Kanda, Takayuki; Suzuki, Tomohiro

doi:10.1007/s00146-005-0012-7

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“…We also administered the "Negative Attitude towards Robots Scale" (NARS) which comprises three subscales: S1 which measures negative attitudes towards interactions with robots, S2 which measures negative attitudes towards the "social influence of robots," and S3 (an inverse scale) which measures positive attitudes towards emotions with robots [32]. NARS has been used to help explain differences found in other measures [40].…”

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An Investigation of Responses to Robot-Initiated Touch in a Nursing Context

Chen

King

Thomaz

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Int J of Soc Robotics

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Physical human-robot interaction has the potential to be useful in a number of domains, but this will depend on how people respond to the robot's actions. For some domains, such as healthcare, a robot is likely to initiate physical contact with a person's body. In order to investigate how people respond to this type of interaction, we conducted an experiment with 56 people in which a robotic nurse autonomously touched and wiped each participant's forearm. On average, participants had a favorable response to the first time the robot touched them. However, we found that the perceived intent of the robot significantly influenced people's responses. If people believed that the robot intended to clean their arms, the participants tended to respond more favorably than if they believed the robot intended to comfort them, even though the robot's manipulation behavior was the same. Our results suggest that roboticists should consider this social factor in addition to the mechanics of physical interaction. Surprisingly, we found that participants in our study responded less favorably when given a verbal warning prior to the robot's actions. In addition to these main results, we present post-hoc analyses of participants' galvanic skin responses (GSR), open-ended responses, attitudes towards robots, and responses to a second trial.

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“…We used methods from [32] to perform our analysis using NARS. We divided the participants into subgroups according to the medians of each of the three NARS subscales S1, S2, and S3.…”

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An Investigation of Responses to Robot-Initiated Touch in a Nursing Context

Chen

King

Thomaz

et al. 2013

Int J of Soc Robotics

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“…Negative Attitudes Towards Robots Scale For the RIF and RIC, we also assessed the negative attitudes towards robots scale [15].…”

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Motivational Effects of Acknowledging Feedback from a Socially Assistive Robot

Schneider

Kummert

2016

Social Robotics

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Abstract. Preventing diseases of affluence is one of the major challenges for our future society. Recently, robots have been introduced as support for people on dieting or rehabilitation tasks. In our current work, we are investigating how the companionship and acknowledgement of a socially assistive robot (SAR) can influence the user to persist longer on a planking task. We conducted a 2 (acknowledgement vs. no-acknowledgment) x 2 (instructing vs. exercising together) x 1 (baseline) study with 96 subjects. We observed a motivational gain if the robot is exercising together with the user or if the robot is giving acknowledging feedback. However, we could not find an increase in motivation if the robot is showing both behaviors. We attribute the later finding to ceiling effects and discuss why we could not find an additional performance gain. Moreover, we highlight implications for SAR researchers developing robots to motivate people to extend exercising duration.

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“…investigated the difference in relations of robots' appearances to emotions toward them between children and adults, using a questionnaire-based method and photographs of several robots. In addition, Bartneck et al (2005a; reported the influences of cultural differences and personal experiences with robots into attitudes toward robots by using a psychological scale measuring negative attitudes toward robots (Nomura et al, 2006a). The above studies are based on social research.…”

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“…Walters et al (2005) experimentally investigated relations between humans' personal traits measured by some questionnaires and behaviours toward robots such as permitted distances between them. Furthermore, Nomura et al (2006a) experimentally investigated relations between humans' negative attitudes toward robots and communication avoidance behaviours toward them. The studies mentioned above show an increase of psychological research on humanrobot interaction.…”

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