Rabble of Robots Effects: Number and Type of Robots Modulates Attitudes, Emotions, and Stereotypes

Robots are expected to become present in society in increasing numbers, yet few studies in human-robot interaction (HRI) go beyond one-to-one interaction to examine how emotions, attitudes, and stereotypes expressed toward groups of robots differ from those expressed toward individuals. Research fro...

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Published inHri '15: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction USB Stick pp. 109 - 116
Main Authors Fraune, Marlena R., Sherrin, Steven, Sabanovic, Selma, Smith, Eliot R.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published ACM 01.03.2015
Subjects
Atmospheric measurements
attitudes
emotion
group effects
Human-robot interaction
inter-group interactions
Particle measurements
Psychology
Robot kinematics
robot type
stereotypes
Videos
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Summary:Robots are expected to become present in society in increasing numbers, yet few studies in human-robot interaction (HRI) go beyond one-to-one interaction to examine how emotions, attitudes, and stereotypes expressed toward groups of robots differ from those expressed toward individuals. Research from social psychology indicates that people interact differently with individuals than with groups. We therefore hypothesize that group effects might similarly occur when people face multiple robots. Further, group effects might vary for robots of different types. In this exploratory study, we used videos to expose participants in a between-subjects experiment to robots varying in Number (Single or Group) and Type (anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, or mechanomorphic). We then measured participants' general attitudes, emotions, and stereotypes toward robots with a combination of measures from HRI (e.g., Godspeed Questionnaire, NARS) and social psychology (e.g., Big Five, Social Threat, Emotions). Results suggest that Number and Type of observed robots had an interaction effect on responses toward robots in general, leading to more positive responses for groups for some robot types, but more negative responses for others.
DOI:10.1145/2696454.2696483