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- Title
The influence of people’s culture and prior experiences with Aibo on their attitude towards robots.
- Authors
Bartneck, Christoph; Suzuki, Tomohiro; Kanda, Takayuki; Nomura, Tatsuya
- Abstract
This paper presents a cross-cultural study on peoples’ negative attitude toward robots. 467 participants from seven different countries filled in the negative attitude towards robots scale survey which consists of 14 questions in three clusters: attitude towards the interaction with robots, attitude towards social influence of robots and attitude towards emotions in interaction with robots. Around one half of them were recruited at local universities and the other half was approached through Aibo online communities. The participants’ cultural background had a significant influence on their attitude and the Japanese were not as positive as stereotypically assumed. The US participants had the most positive attitude, while participants from Mexico had the most negative attitude. The participants from the online community were more positive towards robots than those not involved. Previous experience in interacting with Aibo also had a positive effect, but owning an Aibo did not improve their attitude.
- Subjects
PERSONAL robotics; AUTONOMOUS robots; HUMAN-machine relationship; ARTIFICIAL intelligence; SURVEYS; ROBOTS
- Publication
AI & Society, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 1/2, p217
- ISSN
0951-5666
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00146-006-0052-7