Uncanny, Sexy, and Threatening Robots

Autor: Thomas Beelen, Ella Velner, Quirien R. M. Hover, Mieke Boon, Khiet P. Truong
Přispěvatelé: Human Media Interaction, Digital Society Institute, Philosophy
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: HRI
HRI 2021-Proceedings of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 119-128
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Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE