Cross-Cultural Design and Evaluation of Student Companion Robots with Varied Kawaii (Cute) Attributes
Cross-Cultural Design and Evaluation of Student Companion Robots with Varied Kawaii (Cute) Attributes
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具有多种卡哇伊属性的学生伴侣机器人的跨文化设计与评估
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10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_27
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2022
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Martinez, R.
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Berque, D.;Chiba, H.;Laohakangvalvit, T.;Ohkura, M.;Sripian, P.;Sugaya, M.;Guinee, L.;Imura, S.;Jadram, N.;Martinez, R.
我们报告了美国德堡大学和日本柴浦工业大学的学生和教师之间的跨文化合作项目的扩展。这个正在进行的项目使用跨文化团队为大学生设计和评估虚拟伴侣机器人，目的是更深入地了解kawaii（日本可爱）在促进人类对不同文化的机器人的积极反应和接受方面所起的作用。两个跨文化团队的成员设计了具有特定卡哇伊属性的虚拟伴侣机器人。使用这些机器人，我们进行了一项两阶段用户研究的第一阶段，以了解这些伴侣机器人的感知。研究结果表明，参与者认为圆形的同伴机器人比有棱角的同伴机器人更可爱，他们也认为彩色的同伴机器人比灰色的同伴机器人更可爱。第一阶段的研究确定了一对最适合进行进一步调查的机器人。这些配对的适当性适用于男性和女性参与者，也适用于以美国文化为主的参与者和以日本文化为主的参与者。这项工作为我们利用调查结果和生物传感器进行跨性别和文化的更详细的研究做好了准备。反过来，这将为我们设计具有跨性别和文化吸引力的机器人的长期目标提供信息。
We report on an extension of a cross-cultural collaborative project between students and faculty at DePauw University in the United States and Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan. The ongoing project uses cross-cultural teams to design and evaluate virtual companion robots for university students with the goal of gaining a deeper understanding of the role that kawaii (Japanese cuteness) plays in fostering positive human response to, and acceptance of, robots across cultures. Members of two cross-cultural teams designed virtual companion robots with specific kawaii attributes. Using these robots, we conducted the first phase of a two-phase user study to understand perceptions of these companion robots. The findings demonstrate that participants judge round companion robots to be more kawaii than angular ones and they also judge colorful robots to be more kawaii than greyscale robots. The phase one study identified pairs of robots that are the most appropriate candidates for conducting further investigations. The appropriateness of these pairs holds across male and female participates as well as across participants whose primary culture is American and those whose primary culture is Japanese. This work prepares us to perform a more detailed study across genders and cultures using both survey results and biosensors. In turn, this will inform our long-term goal of designing robots that are appealing across gender and culture.