The influence of social presence on enjoyment and intention to use of a robot and screen agent by elderly users

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Publication date 2008
Book title The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: RO-MAN 2008: Proceedings
ISBN
  • 9781424422135
Event 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2008), Munich, Germany
Pages (from-to) 695-700
Publisher Piscataway, NJ: IEEE
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
Abstract When using a robot or a screen agent, elderly users might feel more enjoyment if they experience a stronger social presence. In two experiments with a robotic agent and a screen agent (both n=30) this relationship between these two concepts could be established. Besides, both studies showed that social presence correlates with the Intention to Use the system, although there were some differences between the agents. This implicates that factors that influence social presence are relevant when designing assistive agents for elderly people.
Document type Conference contribution
Published at https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600748
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