Title :
The influence of social presence on enjoyment and intention to use of a robot and screen agent by elderly users
Author :
Heerink, Marcel ; Krose, Ben ; Evers, Vanessa ; Wielinga, Bob
Author_Institution :
Inst. voor Inf. Eng., Almere
Abstract :
When using a robot or a screen agent, elderly users might feel more enjoyment if they experience a stronger social presence. In two experiments with a robotic agent and a screen agent (both n=30) this relationship between these two concepts could be established. Besides, both studies showed that social presence correlates with the intention to use the system, although there were some differences between the agents. This implicates that factors that influence social presence are relevant when designing assistive agents for elderly people.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; robots; elderly users; robotic agent; screen agent; social presence influence; Context modeling; Human robot interaction; Informatics; Performance evaluation; Positron emission tomography; Robot sensing systems; Seals; Senior citizens;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2212-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2213-5
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600748
