Cross-cultural studies on subjective evaluation of a seal robot

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-458

  Shibata, Takanori ^a   Wada, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Ikeda, Yousuke ^b   Sabanovic, Selma ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural difference; Mental commitment robot; Questionnaire; Seal robot; Subjective evaluation

Indexed keywords

CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; DATA SETS; MENTAL COMMITMENT ROBOT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS;

ANIMALS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 66149156415     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855309X408826     Document Type: Article

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