Persuasive Robotics: the influence of robot gender on human behavior
Persuasive Robotics is the study of persuasion as it applies to human-robot interaction (HRI). Persuasion can be generally defined as an attempt to change another’s beliefs or behavior. The act of influencing others is fundamental to nearly every type of social interaction. Any agent desiring to...
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| author | Siegel, Mikey Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn Norton, Michael I. |
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| description | Persuasive Robotics is the study of persuasion as
it applies to human-robot interaction (HRI). Persuasion can
be generally defined as an attempt to change another’s beliefs
or behavior. The act of influencing others is fundamental to
nearly every type of social interaction. Any agent desiring to
seamlessly operate in a social manner will need to incorporate
this type of core human behavior. As in human interaction,
myriad aspects of a humanoid robot’s appearance and behavior
can significantly alter its persuasiveness – this work will
focus on one particular factor: gender. In the current study,
run at the Museum of Science in Boston, subjects interacted
with a humanoid robot whose gender was varied. After a
short interaction and persuasive appeal, subjects responded
to a donation request made by the robot, and subsequently
completed a post-study questionnaire. Findings showed that
men were more likely to donate money to the female robot,
while women showed little preference. Subjects also tended to
rate the robot of the opposite sex as more credible, trustworthy,
and engaging. In the case of trust and engagement the effect
was much stronger between male subjects and the female robot.
These results demonstrate the importance of considering robot
and human gender in the design of HRI. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/616182022-09-23T09:37:57Z Persuasive Robotics: the influence of robot gender on human behavior Siegel, Mikey Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn Norton, Michael I. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Personal Robots Group Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn Siegel, Mikey Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn Persuasive Robotics is the study of persuasion as it applies to human-robot interaction (HRI). Persuasion can be generally defined as an attempt to change another’s beliefs or behavior. The act of influencing others is fundamental to nearly every type of social interaction. Any agent desiring to seamlessly operate in a social manner will need to incorporate this type of core human behavior. As in human interaction, myriad aspects of a humanoid robot’s appearance and behavior can significantly alter its persuasiveness – this work will focus on one particular factor: gender. In the current study, run at the Museum of Science in Boston, subjects interacted with a humanoid robot whose gender was varied. After a short interaction and persuasive appeal, subjects responded to a donation request made by the robot, and subsequently completed a post-study questionnaire. Findings showed that men were more likely to donate money to the female robot, while women showed little preference. Subjects also tended to rate the robot of the opposite sex as more credible, trustworthy, and engaging. In the case of trust and engagement the effect was much stronger between male subjects and the female robot. These results demonstrate the importance of considering robot and human gender in the design of HRI. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory 2011-03-07T20:16:30Z 2011-03-07T20:16:30Z 2009-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-1-4244-3803-7 INSPEC Accession Number: 11009732 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61618 Siegel, M., C. Breazeal, and M.I. Norton. “Persuasive Robotics: The influence of robot gender on human behavior.” Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on. 2009. 2563-2568. © 2009, IEEE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-2065 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354116 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers / Robotics Society of Japan IEEE |
| spellingShingle | Siegel, Mikey Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn Norton, Michael I. Persuasive Robotics: the influence of robot gender on human behavior |
| title | Persuasive Robotics: the influence of robot gender on human behavior |
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| title_short | Persuasive Robotics: the influence of robot gender on human behavior |
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