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Living with a Vacuum Cleaning Robot

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 389-408

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-013-0190-2

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Domestic robots; Ethnographic study; Human-Robot interaction; Social issues in robotics; Long-term interaction; Adoption of technology

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  1. iRobot
  2. iRobotics GmbH Switzerland
  3. Swiss National Science Foundation through the National Centre of Competence in Research Robotics

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Little is known about the usage, adoption process and long-term effects of domestic service robots in people's homes. We investigated the usage, acceptance and process of adoption of a vacuum cleaning robot in nine households by means of a six month ethnographic study. Our major goals were to explore how the robot was used and integrated into daily practices, whether it was adopted in a durable way, and how it impacted its environment. We studied people's perception of the robot and how it evolved over time, kept track of daily routines, the usage patterns of cleaning tools, and social activities related to the robot. We integrated our results in an existing framework for domestic robot adoption and outlined similarities and differences to it. Finally, we identified several factors that promote or hinder the process of adopting a domestic service robot and make suggestions to further improve human-robot interactions and the design of functional home robots toward long-term acceptance.

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