The Impact of Affective Verbal Expressions in Social Robots

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouk van Maris ◽  
Alexander Sutherland ◽  
Alexandre Mazel ◽  
Sanja Dogramadzi ◽  
Nancy Zook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Robots ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Understanding Cultural Preferences for Social Robots

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Oliver Korn ◽  
Neziha Akalin ◽  
Ruben Gouveia
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
Cultural Preferences ◽  
Design Preferences ◽  
The Impact

This article presents a study of cultural differences affecting the acceptance and design preferences of social robots. Based on a survey with 794 participants from Germany and the three Arab countries of Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, we discuss how culture influences the preferences for certain attributes. We look at social roles, abilities and appearance, emotional awareness and interactivity of social robots, as well as the attitude toward automation. Preferences were found to differ not only across cultures, but also within countries with similar cultural backgrounds. Our findings also show a nuanced picture of the impact of previously identified culturally variable factors, such as attitudes toward traditions and innovations. While the participants’ perspectives toward traditions and innovations varied, these factors did not fully account for the cultural variations in their perceptions of social robots. In conclusion, we believe that more real-life practices emerging from the situated use of robots should be investigated. Besides focusing on the impact of broader cultural values such as those associated with religion and traditions, future studies should examine how users interact, or avoid interaction, with robots within specific contexts of use.

Presence, Reciprocity and Robotic Mediations

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pericle Salvini
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Autonomous Robots ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Technological Mediation ◽  
Ethical Evaluation ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, the author proposes a theoretical framework for drawing a line between acceptable and non-acceptable technologies, with a focus on autonomous social robots. The author considers robots as mediations and their ethical acceptance as depending on their impact on the notion of presence. Presence is characterised by networks of reciprocity which make human beings subject and object of actions and perceptions at the same time. Technological mediation can either promote or inhibit the reciprocity of presence. A medium that inhibits presence deserves ethical evaluation since it prevents the possibility of a mutual exchange, thus creating a form of power. Autonomous social robots are a special kind of technological mediation because they replace human presence with a simulation of presence. Therefore, in interactions between human beings and autonomous robots, attention should be paid to the consequences on legal, moral, and social responsibility, and, at the same time, the impact of simulated forms of presence on human beings.

Analyzing the Impact of Different Feature Queries in Active Learning for Social Robots

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Gonzalez-Pacheco ◽  
M. Malfaz ◽  
A. Castro-Gonzalez ◽  
J. C. Castillo ◽  
F. Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
The Impact

Of Robots and Simulacra

2014 ◽  
pp. 66-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pericle Salvini
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Reciprocal Relations ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Ethical Evaluation ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Ethical Acceptability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

In this chapter, the author proposes a theoretical framework for evaluating the ethical acceptability of robotic technologies, with a focus on social robots. The author proposes to consider robots as forms of mediations of human actions and their ethical acceptance as depending on the impact on the notion of human presence. Presence is characterised by a network of reciprocal relations among human beings and the environment, which can either be promoted or inhibited by technological mediation. A medium that inhibits presence deserves ethical evaluation since it prevents the possibility of a mutual exchange, thus generating forms of power. Moreover, the impact of social robots on human beings should be carefully studied and evaluated for the consequences brought about by simulated forms of human presence, which have both physical and psychological dimensions and are still unknown, especially with respect to weak categories, such as children, elderly, and disabled people.

Of Robots and Simulacra

2015 ◽  
pp. 1424-1434
Author(s):  
Pericle Salvini
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Reciprocal Relations ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Ethical Evaluation ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Ethical Acceptability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

In this chapter, the author proposes a theoretical framework for evaluating the ethical acceptability of robotic technologies, with a focus on social robots. The author proposes to consider robots as forms of mediations of human actions and their ethical acceptance as depending on the impact on the notion of human presence. Presence is characterised by a network of reciprocal relations among human beings and the environment, which can either be promoted or inhibited by technological mediation. A medium that inhibits presence deserves ethical evaluation since it prevents the possibility of a mutual exchange, thus generating forms of power. Moreover, the impact of social robots on human beings should be carefully studied and evaluated for the consequences brought about by simulated forms of human presence, which have both physical and psychological dimensions and are still unknown, especially with respect to weak categories, such as children, elderly, and disabled people.

Social Robots Through the Lens of Care Ethics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee van Wynsberghe
Keyword(s):  
Care Ethics ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Political Ideal ◽  
The Impact

This paper provides an analysis of social robots from a care ethics perspective, with relationality and reciprocity at the center. By investigating the impact of social robots on relational reciprocity I suggest a specific kind of deception; humans are deceived into believing that the robot is deserving of reciprocity by the robot’s appearance of responsiveness. Addressing the impact of social robots on reciprocity as a political ideal, the risk identified is a re-direction of resources from humans towards robots; social robots may threaten the ability to reciprocate to, and further may weaken the incentive to give back to, care workers.

The Effect of Anthropomorphism and Failure Comprehensibility on Human-Robot Trust

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-111
Author(s):  
Eileen Roesler ◽  
Linda Onnasch
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Failure Experience

The application of anthropomorphic features to robots is generally considered to be beneficial for human- robot interaction. Although previous research has mainly focused on social robots, the phenomenon gains increasing attention in industrial human-robot interaction, as well. In this study, the impact of anthropomorphic design of a collaborative industrial robot on the dynamics of trust is examined. Participants interacted with a robot, which was either anthropomorphically or technically designed and experienced either a comprehensible or an incomprehensible fault of the robot. Unexpectedly, the robot was perceived as less reliable in the anthropomorphic condition. Additionally, trust increased after faultless experience and decreased after failure experience independently of the type of error. Even though the manipulation of the design did not result in a different perception of the robot’s anthropomorphism, it still influenced the formation of trust. The results emphasize that anthropomorphism is no universal remedy to increase trust, but highly context dependent.

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

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