Attitudes towards social robots (ASOR): revisiting the scale with four types of robots

Dobrosovestnova, Anna; Vetter, Ralf; Weiss, Astrid

doi:10.1145/3610978.3640573

Record link:

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/203875

Title:

Attitudes towards social robots (ASOR): revisiting the scale with four types of robots

Citation:

Dobrosovestnova, A., Vetter, R., & Weiss, A. (2024). Attitudes towards social robots (ASOR): revisiting the scale with four types of robots. In D. Grollman & E. Broadbent (Eds.), HRI ’24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 402–406). https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640573

CatalogPlus:

AC17350369

Publisher DOI:

10.1145/3610978.3640573

Publication Type:

Inproceedings - Full-Paper Contribution

Language:

English

Authors:

Dobrosovestnova, Anna
Vetter, Ralf
Weiss, Astrid

Organisational Unit:

E193-05 - Forschungsbereich Human Computer Interaction

Published in:

HRI '24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

ISBN:

979-8-4007-0323-2

Date (published):

11-Mar-2024

Event name:

HRI '24: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Event date:

11-Mar-2024 - 15-Mar-2024

Event place:

Boulder, Colorado, United States of America (the)

Number of Pages:

Peer reviewed:

Yes

Keywords:

attitudes towards social robots; different robot embodiments; experienced robot sociality; scale

Abstract:

Our work is theoretically grounded in the notion of sociomorphing contending that not all dimensions of experienced sociality with robots pertain to projection of human-like mental states i.e. anthropomorphism. To investigate dimensions of attributed sociality, we deployed the Attributes towards Social Robots scale (ASOR) in a video-based online study (n=202) with four different robots (Starship Delivery Robot, Telenoid, Blossom, Vector). The four robots were rated slightly differently which aligned with our expectations because of the differences in appearances and how they were contextualised in the videos. However, further evaluation of the statistical properties of the scale and the solicited qualitative feedback to the items pointed to limitations of the scale.

Project title:

Integrative Robot Personality Research: DOC25861 (Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften)

Research Areas:

Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology: 50%
Automation and Robotics: 50%

Science Branch:

1020 - Informatik: 50%
5010 - Psychologie: 50%

License:

CC BY 4.0