Users' attitudes toward service robots in South Korea

Industrial Robot

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-87

  Park, Eunil ^a   Del Pobil, Angel P ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Need to belong; Perceived enjoyment; Robots; Service robot; South Korea; Technology acceptance model; User satisfaction; User studies

Indexed keywords

NEED TO BELONG; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; SERVICE ROBOTS; SOUTH KOREA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USER SATISFACTION; USER STUDY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 84872107284     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439911311294273     Document Type: Article

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