DocumentCode
2598832
Title
The influence of social presence on enjoyment and intention to use of a robot and screen agent by elderly users
Author
Heerink, Marcel ; Krose, Ben ; Evers, Vanessa ; Wielinga, Bob
Author_Institution
Inst. voor Inf. Eng., Almere
fYear
2008
fDate
1-3 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
695
Lastpage
700
Abstract
When using a robot or a screen agent, elderly users might feel more enjoyment if they experience a stronger social presence. In two experiments with a robotic agent and a screen agent (both n=30) this relationship between these two concepts could be established. Besides, both studies showed that social presence correlates with the intention to use the system, although there were some differences between the agents. This implicates that factors that influence social presence are relevant when designing assistive agents for elderly people.
Keywords
handicapped aids; robots; elderly users; robotic agent; screen agent; social presence influence; Context modeling; Human robot interaction; Informatics; Performance evaluation; Positron emission tomography; Robot sensing systems; Seals; Senior citizens;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2212-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2213-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600748
Filename
4600748
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