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Robots as Assistive Technology - Does Appearance Matter?

2004
Conference Papers

Abstract

This paper studies the effect of a robot’s design (appearance) in facilitating and encouraging interaction of children with autism with a small humanoid robot. The paper compares the children’s level of interaction with and response to the robot in two different scenarios: one where the robot was dressed like a human (with a ‘pretty- girl’ appearance) with an uncovered face, and the other when it appeared with plain clothing and with a featureless, masked face. The results of these trials clearly indicate the children’s preference in their initial response for interaction with a plain, featureless robot over interaction with a human like robot.

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2004
Conference Papers

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/0cf90003-5c21-49bc-a221-3845ee18f6d4

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