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The (fe)male robot – How robot body shape impacts first impressions and trust towards robots

Autor(en)
Bernotat, Jasmin ; Eyssel, Friederike Anne 0000-0002-4978-8922 ; Sachse, Janik
Normierter Zeitschriftentitel
International journal of social robotics 
DOI
10.1007/s12369-019-00562-7
URL
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2934555
Web of Science-ID
000664530400006

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Sprache
englisch
Darstellungsform
Text
Seitenbereich
1 - 13
Schlagwörter
Cognitive and Affective Trust in Robots , Gender Stereotypes , Robot Body Shape , Robot Gender

Humanlikeness, including robot gender, im-
pacts people’s impression of social robots [24] and ac-
tual human robot interaction (HRI) [34, 42]. Although
robot gender has been manipulated in various ways in
previous research [2, 24], robot body shape as a gender
cue has been neglected in this context. Therefore, the
current research investigated the effects of manipulating
a robot torso’s waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and shoulder
width (SW) on social judgments of a robot. As hypoth-
esized, a robot with a female body shape was perceived
as more communal, it was preferred for stereotypically
female tasks, and evoked more cognitive and affective
trust than a robot with a male body shape. Unexpect-
edly, both robot types were perceived as equally agen-
tic and they were deemed equally suitable for stereo-
typically male tasks. Above and beyond, participants’
motivation to respond in a socially desirable manner,
their societal beliefs about agentic and communal traits
considered appropriate for men and women, sexist at-
titudes, gender, and technology commitment affected
their impression formation about robots. We point to
the risks of designing gendered robots and recommend
to manipulate robot gender deliberately with regard to
the effects this might have on HRI.

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