Measuring Older People’s Attitudes Towards Personal Robots

Helen Petrie, Sanjit Samaddar

2024

Abstract

Robotic technologies are increasingly an important form of technology to support older people. It is important to have easy ways of measuring their attitudes to the kinds of robots which might support them. A study was conducted with 249 older people in the UK who viewed videos of three different types of robots (abstract, pet and humanoid) and rated their attitudes to each using an adaptation of the Almere model questionnaire. Analysis of the Almere Questionnaire revealed three underlying components to attitudes to the personal robots: Positive User Experience; Anxiety and Negative Usability; and Social Presence. There were significant differences between the three personal robots in older people’s attitudes to them, with the pet robot having the most positive attitudes. These results are a set towards creating simple methods for developing a clear understanding of older people’s attitudes to personal robots which may be useful in helping them choose appropriate robots to support themselves. The results make a contribution to understanding the attitudes of older people in the UK to three types of personal robot that they may find useful and companionable.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Petrie H. and Samaddar S. (2024). Measuring Older People’s Attitudes Towards Personal Robots. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE; ISBN 978-989-758-700-9, SciTePress, pages 108-118. DOI: 10.5220/0012740400003699

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ict4awe24,
author={Helen Petrie and Sanjit Samaddar},
title={Measuring Older People’s Attitudes Towards Personal Robots},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE},
year={2024},
pages={108-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012740400003699},
isbn={978-989-758-700-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE
TI - Measuring Older People’s Attitudes Towards Personal Robots
SN - 978-989-758-700-9
AU - Petrie H.
AU - Samaddar S.
PY - 2024
SP - 108
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0012740400003699
PB - SciTePress