Social Robots in the Home: What Factors Influence Attitudes Towards their Use in Assistive Care?

Q3 Social Sciences
Marco Carradore
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Abstract

Advances in technology and science have led to the application of artificial intelligence in many different areas of life. In particular, they have led to the appearance of robots in the domestic sphere. One type of robot – namely, the social robot – has been endowed with a very human aesthetic and is designed to interact with humans, and it is increasingly being used to perform “human tasks”. Social robots have also been introduced into the social services, providing companionship and assistive services for children, the infirm and the elderly. Such usage has rightly attracted the interest of the social sciences, fuelling the debate about the acceptance of social robots by their end-users. In this paper, regression analysis is applied to data from the Eurobarometer survey to investigate how socio-demographic features and self-confidence on technological development influence European citizens’ attitudes towards robots in the social services. The results show that men, with a high level of education, living in a big city and with experience of robot use have more positive attitudes towards the concept of robots for assistive services. This study emphasizes the need to consider the relation between attitudes towards social robots and their use to avoid the generation of social inequalities.
家庭中的社交机器人:哪些因素影响人们对其在辅助护理中的使用态度?
技术和科学的进步使人工智能在生活的许多不同领域得到了应用。特别是,它们导致了机器人在家庭领域的出现。一种类型的机器人,即社交机器人,被赋予了非常人性化的美学,旨在与人类互动,它越来越多地被用于执行“人类任务”。社交机器人也被引入社会服务,为儿童、体弱者和老年人提供陪伴和辅助服务。这种使用理所当然地引起了社会科学的兴趣,引发了关于社交机器人最终用户接受程度的争论。本文将回归分析应用于欧洲晴雨表调查的数据,以调查社会人口特征和对技术发展的自信如何影响欧洲公民在社会服务中对机器人的态度。研究结果表明,受教育程度高、生活在大城市、有机器人使用经验的男性对机器人辅助服务的概念持更积极的态度。这项研究强调需要考虑对社交机器人的态度与其使用之间的关系,以避免社会不平等的产生。
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Italian Sociological Review
Italian Sociological Review Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
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期刊介绍: The Italian Sociological Review is as an academic journal for the dissemination of theoretical reflections and results of empirical research on social science, conducted with scientific methodologies and made available to a wider audience. The research results may have an impact on policy-makers, on the processes of formation of the students and the development and integration of theories and paradigms. It is therefore important that the journal maintains a high level of quality and transparency in the process of publication.
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