This study presents the result of a cross-cultural study of negative attitude towards robots. A
questionnaire was presented to Dutch, Chinese, German, Mexican, American (USA) and
Japanese participants based on the Negative Attitude towards Robots Scale (NARS). The
American participants were least negative towards robots, while the Mexican were most
negative. Against our expectation, the Japanese participants did not have a particularly
positive attitude towards robots.

The attitude and social acceptance towards robots are differ among nations. Over time
robots' acceptance became interesting for researchers from inter-and cross-cultural point of
view. According to available papers there are significant differences between the Asian and
the Western nations' attitudes and between the Eastern and Western countries. Therefore, it
can be assumed that to examine robot and human interactions it is important to have an
understanding on the cultural context of the examined population. The international …