Abstract
Social robots have become an important way to alleviate the impact of aging on society and families. This study aims to explore the influence of the living state of the elderly on robot acceptance. Based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) questionnaire, this study conducted a questionnaire survey for the elderly. The results show that performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions have significant positive effects on robot acceptance of the elderly. In addition, the gender of aging adults moderates the influence of performance expectancy on robot acceptance, the experience of using intelligent products for the elderly moderates the impact of social influence on robot acceptance, and the living state of the elderly moderates the significant influence of facilitating conditions on robot acceptance. Intelligent robots can improve the lives of aging adults living alone, and the higher the convenience of robots, the stronger the usage intention of aging adults living alone to use robots. The results of this study can help relevant researchers to better understand the psychological needs of the elderly, provide ideas for the design of robot products, and provide references for the establishment of social pension system.
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This study was funded by a Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science project 19YJC840002, a Beijing Social Science Fund 17SRC021 and a Beijing Natural Science Foundation 9184029.
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Chen, N., Liu, X., Sun, Y. (2020). Study on Acceptance of Social Robots by Aging Adults Living Alone. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Universal Access and Inclusive Design. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12426. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60149-2_37
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