Novelty Experience in Prolonged Interaction: A Qualitative Study of Socially-Isolated College Students' In-Home Use of a Robot Companion Animal.

COVID-19 dialectics human-robot interaction novelty social robot user experience well-being

Journal

Frontiers in robotics and AI
ISSN: 2296-9144
Titre abrégé: Front Robot AI
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101749350

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 29 06 2021
accepted: 10 02 2022
entrez: 1 4 2022
pubmed: 2 4 2022
medline: 2 4 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Social distancing policies such as limits on public gatherings and contact with others were utilized around the world to slow the spread of COVID-19. Yet, decreased social interactions may also threaten people's well-being. In this project, we sought to understand novelty-relevant experiences surrounding in-home companion robot pets for adults that were living in some degree of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After 6-weeks of participants living with the robot companion, we conducted semi-structured interviews (

Identifiants

pubmed: 35360498
doi: 10.3389/frobt.2022.733078
pii: 733078
pmc: PMC8961975
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

733078

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Abendschein, Edwards and Edwards.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Bryan Abendschein (B)

Communication and Social Robotics Labs, School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.

Autumn Edwards (A)

Communication and Social Robotics Labs, School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.

Chad Edwards (C)

Communication and Social Robotics Labs, School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.

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