Investigating the preferences of older adults concerning the design elements of a companion robot

IF 0.9 4区心理学 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Interaction Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI:10.1075/is.18070.oh

Y. Oh, Jaewoong Kim, Da-Young Ju

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Abstract Researchers have reported that companion robots have had positive effects on older adults with depression. However, there has been little quantitative analysis on the relationship between robot design and depression. To address this, we surveyed 191 older adults and investigated the impact of age, gender and depression level on design preferences for companion robots. We focused on toy-sized companion robots and evaluated three design elements: type, weight and material. The findings show that baby-type robots were the most preferred by older adults. They favoured the lightest weights and microfibre materials, regardless of the independent variables. Moreover, robot weight preferences varied significantly with the level of depression. Highly depressed older adults disliked heavy robots. These preliminary findings suggest that companion robots need to be designed with careful consideration of their physical characteristics and potential psychological effects.

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调查老年人对伴侣机器人设计元素的偏好

摘要研究人员报告说，伴侣机器人对患有抑郁症的老年人产生了积极影响。然而，很少有定量分析机器人设计与抑郁症之间的关系。为了解决这一问题，我们调查了191名老年人，并调查了年龄、性别和抑郁水平对伴侣机器人设计偏好的影响。我们专注于玩具大小的伴侣机器人，并评估了三个设计元素：类型、重量和材料。研究结果表明，婴儿型机器人最受老年人的青睐。不管自变量如何，他们都喜欢重量最轻的超细纤维材料。此外，机器人的体重偏好随着抑郁程度的不同而显著变化。高度抑郁的老年人不喜欢笨重的机器人。这些初步发现表明，伴侣机器人的设计需要仔细考虑其身体特征和潜在的心理影响。

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来源期刊

Interaction Studies Multiple-

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

6.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： This international peer-reviewed journal aims to advance knowledge in the growing and strongly interdisciplinary area of Interaction Studies in biological and artificial systems. Understanding social behaviour and communication in biological and artificial systems requires knowledge of evolutionary, developmental and neurobiological aspects of social behaviour and communication; the embodied nature of interactions; origins and characteristics of social and narrative intelligence; perception, action and communication in the context of dynamic and social environments; social learning.