Older adults' reactions to a robot's appearance in the context of home use

Akanksha Prakash; Charles C. Kemp; Wendy A. Rogers

doi:10.1145/2559636.2559790

Older adults' reactions to a robot's appearance in the context of home use

Akanksha Prakash, Charles C. Kemp, Wendy A. Rogers

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Abstract

Robots are being designed to assist older adults in their homes. However, we lack a clear understanding of the aspects of robot appearance older adults pay attention to and consider important for accepting a robot in their homes. The goal of this study was to systematically assess older adults' reactions to a specific robot's appearance in the context of home use. Independent living older adults interacted with the PR2 and were interviewed about its appearance. In general, there was expectation for a small sized robot that fits with the home and is easy to control. There was variability for desired human-likeness, although some human-like characteristics might be acceptable to most.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HRI 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	268-269
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450326582
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559790
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014 - Bielefeld, Germany Duration: Mar 3 2014 → Mar 6 2014

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Name	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-2148

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Other	9th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bielefeld
Period	3/3/14 → 3/6/14

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Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Older adults' reactions to a robot's appearance in the context of home use. / Prakash, Akanksha; Kemp, Charles C.; Rogers, Wendy A.
HRI 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. p. 268-269 (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Prakash, A, Kemp, CC & Rogers, WA 2014, Older adults' reactions to a robot's appearance in the context of home use. in HRI 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 268-269, 9th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014, Bielefeld, Germany, 3/3/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559790

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