Attention Distribution and Decision-Making in the Process of Robot’s Appearance Design and Selection

Nicholas Hong Li Khoo, Fan Li, Chun Hsien Chen, Yisi Liu, Fitri Trapsilawati, Olga Sourina

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Abstract

Humanoid robots gaining popularity in the service industry all over the world. When designing humanoid robots, product designers put additional thought into the aesthetic design to avoid the complications that arise from the “uncanny valley”. It has long been found that genders, personalities, and cultural upbringings may affect individual ratings on the appearance of humanoid robots. To better aid and hasten the appearance design and selection process, this report explores the use of Electroencephalography (EEG) and vision tracking devices to evaluate preferences based on “aesthetic” criteria of robot designs. Based on the analysis, it was found that individuals, regardless of the three traits, paid more attention to their top choices during the selection. In rating the robots’ appearance, it was also found that Eastern students rated a significantly higher score of “intelligence” than Western students. However, both eastern and western students have a similar choice of their favorite robots.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCross-Cultural Design. Product and Service Design, Mobility and Automotive Design, Cities, Urban Areas, and Intelligent Environments Design - 14th International Conference, CCD 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings
EditorsPei-Luen Patrick Rau
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages535-544
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783031060526
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2022
Event14th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 26 Jun 20221 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13314 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period26/06/221/07/22

Keywords

  • Electroencephalography
  • Eye-tracking
  • Preference
  • Robots appearance design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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