社交伴侣机器人减少孤立：由于COVID-19而引起的感知变化
Social Companion Robots to Reduce Isolation: A Perception Change Due to COVID-19
摘要：
社交孤立是COVID-19等大流行病的负面后果之一。社会孤立和孤独不仅是老年人所经历的，而且也是独自生活的年轻人所经历的，他们无法与他人沟通或参与社交活动。在这种情况下，社交伴侣机器人可能有潜力减少社交孤立并增加幸福感。然而，社会对社交机器人的看法并不总是积极的。在这篇论文中，我们在COVID-19的自我隔离期间（2020年5月至6月和2021年1月）对102名和132名参与者进行了两次在线实验，以研究COVID-19如何影响人们对社交机器人好处的看法。我们的研究结果表明，COVID-19造成的变化，以及在大流行期间独自居住或住在护理中心的年长亲属，对人们对社交机器人的看法产生了显着和积极的影响，作为伴侣，孤独感可以推动社交机器人的购买。第二项研究重复了第一项研究的结果。我们还讨论了五大人格特质对购买社交机器人的可能性的影响，以及对参与者对COVID-19和适应大流行病的总体态度的影响。
英文摘要：
Social isolation is one of the negative consequences of a pandemic like COVID-19. Social isolation and loneliness are not only experienced by older adults, but also by younger people who live alone and cannot communicate with others or get involved in social situations as they used to. In such situations, social companion robots might have the potential to reduce social isolation and increase well-being. However, society's perception of social robots has not always been positive. In this paper, we conducted two online experiments with 102 and 132 participants during the self isolation periods of COVID-19 (May-June 2020 and January 2021), to study how COVID-19 has affected people's perception of the benefits of a social robot. Our results showed that a change caused by COVID-19, as well as having an older relative who lived alone or at a care center during the pandemic significantly and positively affected people's perception of social robots, as companions, and that the feeling of loneliness can drive the purchase of a social robot. The second study replicated the results of the first study. We also discuss the effects of Big 5 personality traits on the likelihood to purchase a social robot, as well as on participants' general attitude towards COVID-19 and adapting to the pandemic.
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