Title :
The influence of robot appearance on assessment
Author :
Haring, K.S. ; Watanabe, K. ; Mougenot, C.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center of Adv. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents the influence of robot appearance on perception. The goal is to come to an initial understanding of what design and features of robots affect people. We explore the differences how people perceive pet, service, humanoid and android robots. The associations, associated tasks, perception, fears and expectations towards the four different types are evaluated.
Keywords :
robots; android robots; humanoid robots; robot appearance; robots feature; Androids; Humanoid robots; Positron emission tomography; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; Shape; Human Robot Interaction; perception; robot design;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2013 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3099-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121
DOI :
10.1109/HRI.2013.6483536
