Title :
On proposing the concept of robot anxiety and considering measurement of it
Author :
Nomura, Tatsuya ; Kanda, Takayuki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Manage. Inf., Hannan Univ., Osaka, Japan
fDate :
31 Oct.-2 Nov. 2003
Abstract :
This paper proposes a conceptual definition of anxiety which prevents humans from interaction with communication robots in daily life, named with "robot anxiety", by taking into account computer anxiety and communication apprehension. Then, it discusses construction of a psychological scale for measurement of robot anxiety and reports the current situation of our research on it.
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; human computer interaction; human factors; intelligent robots; psychology; user interfaces; communication apprehension; computer anxiety; human-robot interaction; psychological scale construction; robot anxiety measurement; Computer science education; Current measurement; Educational robots; Human robot interaction; Information management; Intelligent robots; Laboratories; Medical treatment; Positron emission tomography; Psychology;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2003. Proceedings. ROMAN 2003. The 12th IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8136-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2003.1251874
