TY - GEN
T1 - I Am in Love with the Shape of You
T2 - 7th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2023
AU - Liberman-Pincu, E.
AU - Bulgaro, A.
AU - Oron-Gilad, T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - This study examined the effect of mass customization of a socially assistive robot (SAR) on older-adult users’ attitudes and behaviors toward the robot. Mass customization, actively modifying aspects of a product by users before use, was proven to increase positive reactions towards products. Thirty-one older-adult participants were invited one at a time to explore new applications of personal robots for domestic use utilizing the Temi robot. We divided them into two groups that differed in their ability to manipulate the robot’s visual design using various add-ons before starting the one-on-one interaction with the robot. Results of the thematic analysis and questionnaires suggest that allowing mass customization can increase users’ enjoyment, help in forming human-robot relationships, and lead to proactive Interaction.
AB - This study examined the effect of mass customization of a socially assistive robot (SAR) on older-adult users’ attitudes and behaviors toward the robot. Mass customization, actively modifying aspects of a product by users before use, was proven to increase positive reactions towards products. Thirty-one older-adult participants were invited one at a time to explore new applications of personal robots for domestic use utilizing the Temi robot. We divided them into two groups that differed in their ability to manipulate the robot’s visual design using various add-ons before starting the one-on-one interaction with the robot. Results of the thematic analysis and questionnaires suggest that allowing mass customization can increase users’ enjoyment, help in forming human-robot relationships, and lead to proactive Interaction.
KW - Human-robot interaction
KW - Human-robot relationship Older adults
KW - Mass customization
KW - Personal assistance robot
KW - Product design
KW - Technology acceptance
KW - User enjoyment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85180740277&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-49368-3_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-49368-3_1
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85180740277
SN - 9783031493676
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 3
EP - 12
BT - Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications - 7th International Conference, CHIRA 2023, Proceedings
A2 - da Silva, Hugo Plácido
A2 - da Silva, Hugo Plácido
A2 - Cipresso, Pietro
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 16 November 2023 through 17 November 2023
ER -