Developing an improved understanding and awareness of how gender impacts perceptions of robots and interactions with them is crucial for the ongoing advancement of the human-robot interaction (HRI) field, as a lack of awareness of gender issues increases the risk of robot rejection and poor performance. This thesis provides a theoretical grounding for gender-studies in HRI, and contributes to the understanding of how gender affects attitudes toward and interaction with robots via the findings from an on-line survey and a laboratory user study. We envision that this work will provide HRI designers with a foundation and exemplary account of how gender can influence attitudes toward and interaction with robots, serving as a resource and a sensitizing discussion for gender studies in HRI.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/24446 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Wang, Yan |
| Contributors | Young, James E.(Computer Science), Bunt, Andrea (Computer Science) Prentice, Susan (Sociology) |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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