Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Trust and Likability in Spoken Human-Robot Interaction (L18-1)
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| Challenge: | a study investigates the influence of gender stereotypes on trust and likability of humanoid robots . explicit gender and stereotypicality of a task are manipulated to influence robot behavior . future research may look into situational variables that drive stereotypification in robot interaction . |
| Approach: | They investigated the influence of gender stereotypes on trust and likability of robots . they used explicit (name and voice) and implicit (personality) genders to manipulate stereotypical tasks . future research may look into situational variables that drive stereotypization . |
| Outcome: | The findings suggest that gender stereotypes need to be differentiated in robot interaction . the gender and personality characteristics of robots influence trust and likability . |
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