Paper Info
Title
Wedding robotics: A case study
Abstract
In this work, we propose to study a social robot in a wedding context, where it plays the role of a wedding ring bearer. We focus on the interaction with the audience, their expectations, and reactions, rather than in technical details. We collect data from 121 individuals belonging to two different groups, those who have seen the robot behaviour (live or recorded versions) and those who did not see the robot performance. We divide the study into three parts: i) the reactions of the guests at the wedding, ii) a comparison between subjects which were exposed or not to the robot behaviour, and iii) a within-subjects experiment where after filling a survey, they are asked to see the recorded robot behaviour. The guests reacted positively to the experiment. The robot was considered likeable, lively and safe by the majority of the participants in the study. The group that observed the robot's behaviour had a better opinion on the use of robots in wedding ceremonies than the group that did not observe the experience. This may suggest that a higher presence of robots in social activities will increase the acceptance of robots in society.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/ICARSC.2017.7964066
2017 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
humanoid robot,social robotics,human-robot interaction,social experiment,case study
Social robot,Computer science,Personal robot,Human–computer interaction,Artificial intelligence,Robot,Robotics,Humanoid robot
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2573-9360
978-1-5090-6235-5
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
9
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vicente, P.1155.46
Alexandre Bernardino271078.77