Gendered Robot Voices and Their Influence on Trust

Abstract

This paper presents two studies that seek to investigate how gendered robots voices have influence on a human's trust. The first study employs a questionnaire in which participants evaluate their willingness to share personal information with a gendered robot shown through video recordings. The second study utilises a live experiment of participants interacting with the NAO robot to investigate said area through real dialogue. The studies show a small favouring of a male-voiced robot in relation to trust and personal information, though further studies are still necessary.