Attitude Towards Humanoid Robots and the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis

• Autorzy: Łupokowski Paweł , Gieszewska Marta

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/fcds-2019-0006

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The main aim of the presented study was to check whether the wellestablished measures concerning the attitude towards humanoid robots are good predictors for the uncanny valley effect. We present a study in which 12 computer rendered humanoid models were presented to our subjects. Their declared comfort level was cross-referenced with the Belief in Human Nature Uniqueness (BHNU) and the Negative Attitudes toward Robots that Display Human Traits (NARHT) scales. Subsequently, there was no evidence of a statistical signicance between these scales and the existence of the uncanny valley phenomenon. However, correlations between expected stress level while human-robot interaction and both BHNU, as well as NARHT scales, were found. The study covered also the evaluation of the perceived robots' characteristic and the emotional response to them.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Uncanny Valley Hypothesis; human likeness; computer-generated model; attitude towards robots; Belief in Human Nature Uniqueness (BHNU); Negative Attitudes toward Robots that Display Human Traits (NARHT); HRI; social robotic

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej
• Czasopismo: Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 44, No. 1
• Strony: 101--119
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 22 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Łupokowski Paweł

• Department of Logic and Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Reasoning Research Group

autor

Gieszewska Marta

• Department of Logic and Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Reasoning Research Group

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).