Fictional robots may have a literal impingement on robot banker’s acceptance . accord to a recent study carry on byresearchers at Penn State Universityand presented at last week ’s Human - Robot Interaction group discussion , liberty with automatonlike motion-picture show character may help comfort fears of robots in older adults .
The study asked 379 adult between the ages of 60 and 86 to list up to three pic they had seen featuring robot character . Of those , 160 participants could name one robot motion picture , 129 named two , and 90 key out three . participant were then enquire questions about their feelings toward those robots . The most often name robot pic includedForbidden Planet(1956),Star Wars(1977),The Terminator(1984),Bicentennial Man(1999),I , Robot(2004),Transformers(2007 ) , andWALL·E(2008 ) .
" One of the most surprising results in oecumenical was the more golem portrayals they could recall , regardless of the automaton ’s characteristics , in reality led to more convinced attitudes on robots and finally more positive intentions to apply a automaton , " researcher T. Franklin Waddell said . " So , it seems like the more media enactment they can call back , the more likely their attitudes would be positive toward robot , rather than negative . "
And it was n’t just endearing robot helper like WALL·E and C-3PO who put the study ’s participants at ease . Even threatening robots and deadly bravo like those in theTerminatorfranchise on the face of it curbed participants ’ anxiousness .
However , overall , it was charitable , humanoid representation of robots that seemed most effective in curbing anxiousness . Researcher S. Shyam Sundar explain that golem imbued with human gadget characteristic and personalities , like theBarbra Streisand - jazz WALL·E , prompt the most positive belief in the study ’s participants .
" progressively , people are talking about smart homes and health care facility and the office robots could play to help the aging process , " Sundar said . " Robots could provide everything from simple monitor — when to take pills , for example — to fetching water and nutrient for multitude with modified mobility . "
