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Relating conversational expressiveness to social presence and acceptance of an assistive social robot

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Exploring the relationship between social presence, conversational expressiveness, and robot acceptance, we set up an experiment with a robot in an eldercare institution, comparing a more and less social condition. Participants showed more expressiveness with a more social agent and a higher score on expressiveness correlated with higher scores on social presence. Furthermore, scores on social presence correlated with the scores on the intention to use the system in the near future. However, we found no correlation between conversational expressiveness and robot acceptance.

Source: Virtual Reality

DOI: 10.1007/s10055-009-0142-1

Authors: Marcel Heerink, Ben Kröse, Vanessa Evers, Bob Wielinga

Institutions: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, University of Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Social Robot Interaction and HRI

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,990

OpenAlex ID: W2029933007