What people assume about humanoid and animal-type robots: Cross-cultural analysis between Japan, Korea, and the United Utates

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-46

  Nomura, Tatsuya ^a   Suzuki, Tomohiro ^b   Kanda, Takayuki ^c   Han, Jeonghye ^d   Shin, Namin ^e   Burke, Jennifer ^f   Kato, Kensuke ^g  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^d Cheongju National University of Education   (South Korea)

^e Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assumptions about robots; Cross cultural research; User studies

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ANIMAL-TYPE ROBOTS; CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; HUMANOID ROBOTS; ROBOT DESIGN;

ROBOTS;

EID: 44349192086     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843608001297     Document Type: Article

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