Title
Uncanny, Sexy, and Threatening Robots: The Online Community's Attitude to and Perceptions of Robots Varying in Humanlikeness and Gender
Abstract
ABSTRACTTo get a better understanding of people's natural responses to humanlike robots outside the lab, we analyzed commentary on online videos depicting robots of different humanlikeness and gender. We built on previous work, which compared online video commentary of moderately and highly humanlike robots with respect to valence, uncanny valley, threats, and objectification. Additionally, we took into account the robot's gender, its appearance, its societal impact, the attribution of mental states, and how people attribute human stereotypes to robots. The results are mostly in line with previous work. Overall, the findings indicate that moderately humanlike robot design may be preferable over highly humanlike robot design because it is less associated with negative attitudes and perceptions. Robot designers should therefore be cautious when designing highly humanlike and gendered robots.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3434073.3444661
HRI
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
2
0.37
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Quirien R. M. Hover120.37
Ella Velner230.72
Thomas Beelen330.72
Mieke Boon420.37
Khiet P. Truong530232.64