Sociable robots are slowly entering domains such as education and healthcare. As we are exposing our youth and elderly to these new intelligent technologies, it is important to understand their perception and attitudes towards robots. This study investigates the differences between elderly and young adults in ascribing mind perception to a sociable humanoid robot. Both subjective and behavioral measurements were employed to investigate the differences. Several trends were found; elderlies attributed higher scores of mind perception to the robot, whereas young adults seemed to have a more positive attitude towards it. Elderlies seemed to apply human social models of interaction, whereas young adults perceived a master-slave relationship between humans and the robot. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation was found between mind perception and attitude toward the robot for both groups.


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    Title :

    Mind Perception of a Sociable Humanoid Robot: A Comparison Between Elderly and Young Adults


    Additional title:

    Advs in Intelligent Syst., Computing



    Conference:

    Iberian Robotics conference ; 2019 ; Porto, Portugal November 20, 2019 - November 22, 2019



    Publication date :

    2019-11-20


    Size :

    13 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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