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The Law of Attraction in Human-Robot Interaction
Author(s) -
Eunil Park,
Dal-Lae Jin,
Ángel P. del Pobil
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of advanced robotic systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1729-8814
pISSN - 1729-8806
DOI - 10.5772/50228
Subject(s) - personality , robot , computer science , human–robot interaction , attraction , cognitive psychology , psychology , human–computer interaction , social psychology , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy
Following the law of attraction in human‐human interaction, this paper examines the effects of a robot’s personality and a human’s personality in various human‐ robot interactions. This study was conducted using robots that were programmed to mimic both extroverted and introverted personality types, as well as humans who were classified as having introverted, extroverted or intermediate personality types. Using a 3 x 2 between‐ subjects experiment with 120 participants, the results indicated that participants who interacted with a similar personality robot were more comfortable than those who engaged with a different personality robot. Yet, the evaluation of social presence presented an opposing result. Both the implications and limitations of the present study, as well as guidelines forfuture research, are discusse

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