Opinions and attitudes toward humanoid robots in the Middle East

AI and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-534

  Mavridis, Nikolaos ^a   Katsaiti, Marina Selini ^a   Naef, Silvia ^b   Falasi, Abdullah ^a   Nuaimi, Abdulrahman ^a   Araifi, Hamdan ^a   Kitbi, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Human robot interaction; Middle East; Opinions and attitudes

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HUMANOID ROBOT; MIDDLE EAST; OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES; ROBOT DESIGNS; SMALL BODIES;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84868138650     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-011-0370-2     Document Type: Article

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