[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of attitudes, anxiety, acceptance, and trust towards social robots

S Naneva, M Sarda Gou, TL Webb… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
As social robots become more common, there is a need to understand how people perceive
and interact with such technology. This systematic review seeks to estimate people's …

Population ageing and socially assistive robots for elderly persons: the importance of sociodemographic factors for user acceptance

P Flandorfer - International journal of population research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Taking care of older adults is among the major challenges currently faced by ageing
populations. Researchers, designers, and engineers have proposed socially assistive …

Ghost driver: A field study investigating the interaction between pedestrians and driverless vehicles

D Rothenbücher, J Li, D Sirkin… - 2016 25th IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
How will pedestrians and bicyclists interact with autonomous vehicles when there is no
human driver? In this paper, we outline a novel method for performing observational field …

Escaping from children's abuse of social robots

D Brščić, H Kidokoro, Y Suehiro, T Kanda - … of the tenth annual acm/ieee …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Social robots working in public space often stimulate children's curiosity. However,
sometimes children also show abusive behavior toward robots. In our case studies, we …

Acceptance of socially assistive humanoid robot by preschool and elementary school teachers

M Fridin, M Belokopytov - Computers in Human Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
This study examined the first-time acceptance of (SAR) by preschool and primary school
teachers. A modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and the Use of Technology model was …

A conversational robot in an elderly care center: an ethnographic study

AM Sabelli, T Kanda, N Hagita - … of the 6th international conference on …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
This paper reports an ethnographic study on the use of a conversational robot. We placed a
robot for 3.5 months in an elderly care center. Assuming a real deployment scenario, the …

Mechanical ottoman: how robotic furniture offers and withdraws support

D Sirkin, B Mok, S Yang, W Ju - Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
This paper describes our approach to designing, developing behaviors for, and exploring
the use of, a robotic footstool, which we named the mechanical ottoman. By approaching …

[HTML][HTML] Softness, warmth, and responsiveness improve robot hugs

AE Block, KJ Kuchenbecker - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2019 - Springer
Hugs are one of the first forms of contact and affection humans experience. Due to their
prevalence and health benefits, roboticists are naturally interested in having robots one day …

[PDF][PDF] The USUS evaluation framework for human-robot interaction

A Weiss, R Bernhaupt, M Lankes… - … : proceedings of the …, 2009 - academia.edu
To improve the way humans are interacting with robots various factors have to be taken into
account. An evaluation framework for Human-Robot Collaboration with humanoid robots …

A bellboy robot: Study of the effects of robot behaviour on user engagement and comfort

E Rodriguez-Lizundia, S Marcos, E Zalama… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper provides the results of various trial experiments in a hotel environment carried
out using Sacarino, an interactive bellboy robot. We analysed which aspects of the robot …