Influences of experiences of robots into Negative Attitudes toward Robots

Abstract

In order to investigate what type of experiences of robots influences negative attitudes toward them, an online survey (N = 1,200) was conducted in Japan, by using the Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale (NARS). The results suggested that (1) there were almost no strong relationships between types of robot experiences and gender, and age, (2) the correlations between negative attitudes toward robots and age were low, (3) experiences of robots in real situations decreased negative attitudes toward interaction with and social influences of robots in comparison with experiences via media, and (4) negative attitudes toward emotional interaction with robots were not affected by these experiences.