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30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Effects of Personalization of Robotic Bugs on Connection and Liking

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Technology and the Human Experience: Shaping Thoughts, Feelings, Development, and Interactions

  • Matthew Leitao
    California State University, Northridge
  • Yevette Lugo
    California State University, Northridge
  • Maya Coronado
    California State University, Northridge
  • Abraham Rutchick
    California State University, Northridge

Abstract

Undergraduates (N=200) observed and briefly interacted with a small robotic toy. Participants in the personalized condition (who chose their toy’s color and named it) reported feeling more connection to, liking of, and guilt if harm came to the Hexbug than participants in the control condition (all p < .01).

Engineering/Human Factors/Ergonomics

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