Implications on humanoid robots in pedagogical applications from cross-cultural analysis between Japan, Korea, and the USA

Tatsuya Nomura, Takayuki Kanda, Tomohiro Suzuki, Jeonghye Han, Namin Shin, Jennifer Burke, Kensuke Kato

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication16th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
Pages1052-1057
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event16th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 26 Aug 200729 Aug 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Conference

Conference16th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju
Period26/08/0729/08/07

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