Prediction of human behavior in human-robot interaction using psychological scales for anxiety and negative attitudes toward robots
Prediction of human behavior in human-robot interaction using psychological scales for anxiety and negative attitudes toward robots
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DOI:
10.1109/tro.2007.914004
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
Kato, Kensuke
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作者:
Nomura, Tatsuya;Kanda, Takayuki;Kato, Kensuke
When people interact with communication robots in daily life, their attitudes and emotions toward the robots affect their behavior. From the perspective of robotics design, we need to investigate the influences of these attitudes and emotions on human-robot interaction. This paper reports our empirical study on the relationships between people's attitudes and emotions, and their behavior toward a robot. In particular, we focused on negative attitudes, anxiety, and communication avoidance behavior, which have important implications for robotics design. For this purpose, we used two psychological scales that we had developed: negative attitudes toward robots scale (NARS) and robot anxiety scale (RAS). In the experiment, subjects and a humanoid robot are engaged in simple interactions including scenes of meeting, greeting, self-disclosure, and physical contact. Experimental results indicated that there is a relationship between negative attitudes and emotions, and communication avoidance behavior. A gender effect was also suggested.