Cultural design of domestic robots: A study of user expectations in Korea and the United States

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 803-808

  Lee, Hee Rin ^a   Sung, Jayoung ^b   Sabanovic, Selma ^a   Han, Joenghye ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Careinnovations   (United States)

^c Cheongju National University of Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CULTURAL MODELS; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; DOMESTIC ROBOTS; GENERATIVE DESIGN; INTERACTION MODES; ROBOT DESIGNS; ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; USER EXPECTATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84870850152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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