The effects of gender and personality of robot assistants on customers’ acceptance of their service

The Covid-19 pandemic has stimulated the use of social robots in front-office services. However, some initial applications yielded disappointing results, as managers were unaware of the level of development of the robots’ artificial intelligence systems. This study proposes to adapt the Almere model...

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Autores: Forgas Coll, Santiago, Huertas Garcia, Rubén, Andriella, Antonio|||0000-0002-6641-6450, Alenyà Ribas, Guillem|||0000-0002-6018-154X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/372321
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/372321
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11628-022-00492-x
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial intelligence
Robotics
Robots
Service robots
Social aspects of automation
Intel·ligència artificial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Robòtica
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Sumario:The Covid-19 pandemic has stimulated the use of social robots in front-office services. However, some initial applications yielded disappointing results, as managers were unaware of the level of development of the robots’ artificial intelligence systems. This study proposes to adapt the Almere model to estimate the technological acceptance of service robots, which express their gender and personality, whilst assisting consumers. A 2¿×¿2 (two genders vs. two personalities) between-subjects experiment was conducted with 219 participants. Model estimation with Structural Equation Modelling confirmed seven out of eight hypotheses, and all four scenarios were estimated with Ordinary Least Squares, showing that robot gender and personality affected their technological acceptance.