She’s Electric—The Influence of Body Proportions on Perceived Gender of Robots across Cultures
The assignment of gender to robots is a debatable topic. Subtle aspects related to gender, in a robot’s appearance, may create biased expectations of the robot’s abilities and influence user acceptance. The present research is a cross-cultural study involving more than 150 partic...
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| description | The assignment of gender to robots is a debatable topic. Subtle aspects related to gender, in a robot’s appearance, may create biased expectations of the robot’s abilities and influence user acceptance. The present research is a cross-cultural study involving more than 150 participants to investigate the perception of gender in robot design by manipulating body proportions. We are focusing specifically on the contrast between two extremely different cultures: Peruvian and Japanese. From the survey based on stimuli varying in the proportion between chest, waist, and hips, the results indicate the importance of chest-to-hip ratio and waist-to-hip ratio in the attribution of gender to robots. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba3f96a1ce4848cea0ec7e3b7b9995582022-12-22T02:07:32ZengMDPI AGRobotics2218-65812018-09-01735010.3390/robotics7030050robotics7030050She’s Electric—The Influence of Body Proportions on Perceived Gender of Robots across CulturesGabriele Trovato0Cesar Lucho1Renato Paredes2School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, 11-1430, 1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, JapanPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 32, PeruPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 32, PeruThe assignment of gender to robots is a debatable topic. Subtle aspects related to gender, in a robot’s appearance, may create biased expectations of the robot’s abilities and influence user acceptance. The present research is a cross-cultural study involving more than 150 participants to investigate the perception of gender in robot design by manipulating body proportions. We are focusing specifically on the contrast between two extremely different cultures: Peruvian and Japanese. From the survey based on stimuli varying in the proportion between chest, waist, and hips, the results indicate the importance of chest-to-hip ratio and waist-to-hip ratio in the attribution of gender to robots.http://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/7/3/50robot designhumanoid robotsgender |
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| title | She’s Electric—The Influence of Body Proportions on Perceived Gender of Robots across Cultures |
| title_full | She’s Electric—The Influence of Body Proportions on Perceived Gender of Robots across Cultures |
| title_fullStr | She’s Electric—The Influence of Body Proportions on Perceived Gender of Robots across Cultures |
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| title_short | She’s Electric—The Influence of Body Proportions on Perceived Gender of Robots across Cultures |
| title_sort | she s electric the influence of body proportions on perceived gender of robots across cultures |
| topic | robot design humanoid robots gender |
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