TY - GEN
T1 - Implications on humanoid robots in pedagogical applications from cross-cultural analysis between Japan, Korea, and the USA
AU - Nomura, Tatsuya
AU - Kanda, Takayuki
AU - Suzuki, Tomohiro
AU - Han, Jeonghye
AU - Shin, Namin
AU - Burke, Jennifer
AU - Kato, Kensuke
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Humanoids are the most advanced robots and have been expected to act in various fields including education. Thus, it is important to investigate in different cultures what people actually assume when they encounter the word "humanoid robots," from not only a psychological perspective but also an engineering one, focusing on such aspects as design and market of robotics. For this aim, a cross-cultural research instrument, the Robot Assumptions Questionnaire (RAQ) was administered to university students in Japan, Korea, and the USA. As a result, it was found that the Japanese students more strongly assume autonomy, social relationships, and emotional capacity of humanoid robots than the Korean and USA students, and there are more detailed cultural differences of assumptions about humanoids related to daily-life fields, in particular, pedagogical fields. Moreover, it was found that the USA students have more ambivalent images of humanoids than the Japanese students, and the Korean students have more careful attitudes toward humanoid robots than the Japanese students. In addition, the paper discusses engineering implications of the research results.
AB - Humanoids are the most advanced robots and have been expected to act in various fields including education. Thus, it is important to investigate in different cultures what people actually assume when they encounter the word "humanoid robots," from not only a psychological perspective but also an engineering one, focusing on such aspects as design and market of robotics. For this aim, a cross-cultural research instrument, the Robot Assumptions Questionnaire (RAQ) was administered to university students in Japan, Korea, and the USA. As a result, it was found that the Japanese students more strongly assume autonomy, social relationships, and emotional capacity of humanoid robots than the Korean and USA students, and there are more detailed cultural differences of assumptions about humanoids related to daily-life fields, in particular, pedagogical fields. Moreover, it was found that the USA students have more ambivalent images of humanoids than the Japanese students, and the Korean students have more careful attitudes toward humanoid robots than the Japanese students. In addition, the paper discusses engineering implications of the research results.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48749126221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2007.4415237
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2007.4415237
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48749126221
SN - 1424416345
SN - 9781424416349
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 1052
EP - 1057
BT - 16th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
T2 - 16th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
Y2 - 26 August 2007 through 29 August 2007
ER -