Emotive Non-Anthropomorphic Robots Perceived as More Calming, Friendly, and Attentive for Victim Management

摘要

This paper describes results from a large-scale, complex human study using non-facial and non-verbal affect for victim management in robot-assisted Urban Search and Rescue Applications. Statistically significant results are presented that indicate participants felt emotive robots were more calming, friendlier, and attentive.