Journal
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages 326-334Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.025
Keywords
Human-robot interaction; Nonverbal communication; Head tilt; Uncanny valley; Anthropomorphism
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Human responses to android and humanoid robots have become an important topic to social scientists due to the increasing prevalence of social and service robots in everyday life. The present research connects work on the effects of lateral (sideward) head tilts, an eminent feature of nonverbal human behavior, to the experience of android and humanoid robots. In two experiments (N= 402; N= 253) the influence of lateral head tilts on user perceptions of android and humanoid robots were examined. Photo portrayals of three different robots (Asimo, Kojiro, Telenoid) were manipulated. The stimuli included head tilts of -20 degrees, -10 degrees (left tilt), +10 degrees, +20 degrees (right tilt) and 0 degrees (upright position). Compared to an upright head posture, we found higher scores for attributed human likeness, cuteness, and spine-tinglingness when the identical robots conveyed a head tilt. Results for perceived warmth, eeriness, attractiveness, and dominance varied with the robot or head tilts yielded no effects. Implications for the development and marketing of android and humanoid robots are discussed. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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