Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions
Robots are gaining an increasingly important role in industrial production. Notably, a high level of acceptance is an important factor for co-working situation between human and robot. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in the perception of anthropomorphic and robotic mo...
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| author | Miriam Abel Sinem Kuz Harshal J. Patel Henning Petruck Christopher M. Schlick Antonello Pellicano Ferdinand C. Binkofski Ferdinand C. Binkofski |
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| description | Robots are gaining an increasingly important role in industrial production. Notably, a high level of acceptance is an important factor for co-working situation between human and robot. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in the perception of anthropomorphic and robotic movements using models consisting of a virtual robot and a digital human. Videos of each model displayed different degrees of human likeness or robot likeness in speed and trajectories of placing movements. Female and male participants were asked to rate on a Likert scale the perceived levels of human likeness or robot likeness in the two models. Overall, results suggest that males were sensitive to the differences between robotic and anthropomorphic movements, whereas females showed no difference between them. However, compared to males, female participants attributed more anthropomorphic features to robotic movements. The study is a first step toward a more comprehensive understanding of the human ability to differentiate between anthropomorphic and robotic movements and suggests a crucial role of gender in the human-robot interaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4900b1f379a14e81ba74d74f8fe377ce2022-12-22T00:01:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-04-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.00797490245Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid ActionsMiriam Abel0Sinem Kuz1Harshal J. Patel2Henning Petruck3Christopher M. Schlick4Antonello Pellicano5Ferdinand C. Binkofski6Ferdinand C. Binkofski7Division for Clinical and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neurology Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyDivision for Clinical and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neurology Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyDivision for Clinical and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neurology Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyDivision for Clinical and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neurology Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-4), Research Center Jülich GmbH, Jülich, GermanyRobots are gaining an increasingly important role in industrial production. Notably, a high level of acceptance is an important factor for co-working situation between human and robot. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in the perception of anthropomorphic and robotic movements using models consisting of a virtual robot and a digital human. Videos of each model displayed different degrees of human likeness or robot likeness in speed and trajectories of placing movements. Female and male participants were asked to rate on a Likert scale the perceived levels of human likeness or robot likeness in the two models. Overall, results suggest that males were sensitive to the differences between robotic and anthropomorphic movements, whereas females showed no difference between them. However, compared to males, female participants attributed more anthropomorphic features to robotic movements. The study is a first step toward a more comprehensive understanding of the human ability to differentiate between anthropomorphic and robotic movements and suggests a crucial role of gender in the human-robot interaction.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00797/fullanthropomorphismmirror neurons systemgender effecthuman-robot interactionmotion perceptiondigital human model |
| spellingShingle | Miriam Abel Sinem Kuz Harshal J. Patel Henning Petruck Christopher M. Schlick Antonello Pellicano Ferdinand C. Binkofski Ferdinand C. Binkofski Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions Frontiers in Psychology anthropomorphism mirror neurons system gender effect human-robot interaction motion perception digital human model |
| title | Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions |
| title_full | Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions |
| title_fullStr | Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions |
| title_short | Gender Effects in Observation of Robotic and Humanoid Actions |
| title_sort | gender effects in observation of robotic and humanoid actions |
| topic | anthropomorphism mirror neurons system gender effect human-robot interaction motion perception digital human model |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00797/full |
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