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"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do!": Switching off a robot

  • Christoph Bartneck
  • , Michel Van Der Hoek
  • , Omar Mubin
  • , Abdullah Al Mahmud

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102 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Robots can exhibit life like behavior, but are according to traditional definitions not alive. Current robot users are confronted with an ambiguous entity and it is important to understand the users perception of these robots. This study analyses if a robot's intelligence and its agreeableness influence its perceived animacy. The robot's animacy was measured, amongst other measurements, by the users' hesitation to switch it off. The results show that participants hesitated three times as long to switch off an agreeable and intelligent robot as compared to a non agreeable and unintelligent robot. The robots' intelligence had a significant influence on its perceived animacy. Our results suggest that interactive robots should be intelligent and exhibit an agreeable attitude to maximize its perceived animacy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHRI 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - Robot as Team Member
Pages217-222
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventHRI 2007: 2007 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - Robot as Team Member - Arlington, VA, United States
Duration: 8 Mar 200711 Mar 2007

Publication series

NameHRI 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - Robot as Team Member

Conference

ConferenceHRI 2007: 2007 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - Robot as Team Member
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington, VA
Period8/03/0711/03/07

Keywords

  • Animacy
  • Human
  • Intelligence
  • Interaction
  • Robot
  • Switching off

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