How safe are service robots in urban environments? Bullying a robot

This paper describes and discusses the preliminary results of a behavioural study on robot social acceptability, which was carried out during a public demonstration in South Korea. Data was collected by means of direct observation of people behaviour during interaction with robots. The most interest...

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Published in19th International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Salvini, P., Ciaravella, G., Yu, W., Ferri, G., Manzi, A., Mazzolai, B., Laschi, C., Oh, S.R., Dario, P.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published IEEE 01.09.2010
Subjects
Collision avoidance
Humans
Mobile robots
Robot sensing systems
Service robots
Urban areas
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Summary:This paper describes and discusses the preliminary results of a behavioural study on robot social acceptability, which was carried out during a public demonstration in South Korea. Data was collected by means of direct observation of people behaviour during interaction with robots. The most interesting result to emerge is that of young people: they tended to react to the robots presence with extreme curiosity and, quite often, to treat them aggressively. In this paper, the word bullying is used to describe any kind of improper and violent behaviour, intended to cause damages or impede the robot operation. It is the authors' opinion that if not tackled appropriately, abuses towards robots may become a serious hindrance to their future deployment, and safety. Hence, the necessity to tackle this issue with dedicated solutions during the early phases of design.
ISBN:1424479916
9781424479917
ISSN:1944-9445
1944-9437
DOI:10.1109/ROMAN.2010.5654677