Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android: Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark

Yamazaki Ryuji; Shuichi Nishio; Hiroshi Ishiguro; Marco Nørskov; Nobu Ishiguro; Giuseppe Balistreri

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8

Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android: Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark

Yamazaki Ryuji, Shuichi Nishio, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Marco Nørskov, Nobu Ishiguro, Giuseppe Balistreri

School of Culture and Society - Philosophy, subject

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Abstract

We explored the potential of teleoperated android robots, which are
embodied telecommunication media with humanlike appearances, and how they
affect people in the real world when they are employed to express a
telepresence and a sense of ‘being there’. In Denmark, our exploratory study
focused on the social aspects of Telenoid, a teleoperated android, which might
facilitate communication between senior citizens and Telenoid’s operator. After
applying it to the elderly in their homes, we found that the elderly assumed
positive attitudes toward Telenoid, and their positivity and strong attachment to
its huggable minimalistic human design were cross-culturally shared in
Denmark and Japan. Contrary to the negative reactions by non-users in media
reports, our result suggests that teleoperated androids can be accepted by the
elderly as a kind of universal design medium for social inclusion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics : 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings
Editors	Shuzhi Sam Ge, Oussama Khatib, John-John Cabibihan, Reid Simmons, Mary-Anne Williams
Number of pages	9
Volume	7621
Place of publication	Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2012
Pages	428-437
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-34102-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-34103-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	International Conference on Social Robotics - Chengdu, China Duration: 29 Oct 2012 → 31 Oct 2012 Conference number: 4

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Social Robotics
Number	4
Country/Territory	China
City	Chengdu
Period	29/10/2012 → 31/10/2012

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	7521
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

android
teleoperation
minimal design
communication
embodiment
inclusion
acceptability
elderly care

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PENSOR: Philosophical and Transdisciplinary Enquiries in Social Robotics
Seibt, J. (Participant), Rodogno, R. (Participant), Nørskov, M. (Participant), Damholdt, M. F. (Participant) & Hasse, C. (Participant)
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research
Telenoid Experiment
Ishiguro, H. (Participant), Nishio, S. (Project manager), Yamazaki, R. (Participant), Balistreri, G. (Participant) & Nørskov, M. (Participant)
11/03/2011 → 18/03/2011
Project: Research

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Nørskov, M.
29/03/2011
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Ryuji, Y., Nishio, S., Ishiguro, H., Nørskov, M., Ishiguro, N., & Balistreri, G. (2012). Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android: Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark. In S. Sam Ge, O. Khatib, J.-J. Cabibihan, R. Simmons, & M.-A. Williams (Eds.), Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings (Vol. 7621, pp. 428-437). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8

Ryuji, Yamazaki ; Nishio, Shuichi ; Ishiguro, Hiroshi et al. / Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android : Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark. Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings. editor / Shuzhi Sam Ge ; Oussama Khatib ; John-John Cabibihan ; Reid Simmons ; Mary-Anne Williams. Vol. 7621 Berlin Heidelberg : Springer, 2012. pp. 428-437 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7521).

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Ryuji, Y, Nishio, S, Ishiguro, H, Nørskov, M, Ishiguro, N & Balistreri, G 2012, Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android: Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark. in S Sam Ge, O Khatib, J-J Cabibihan, R Simmons & M-A Williams (eds), Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings. vol. 7621, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7521, pp. 428-437, International Conference on Social Robotics, Chengdu, China, 29/10/2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8

Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android: Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark. / Ryuji, Yamazaki; Nishio, Shuichi; Ishiguro, Hiroshi et al.
Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings. ed. / Shuzhi Sam Ge; Oussama Khatib; John-John Cabibihan; Reid Simmons; Mary-Anne Williams. Vol. 7621 Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2012. p. 428-437 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7521).

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