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“Maybe It Becomes a Buddy, But Do Not Call It a Robot” – Seamless Cooperation between Companion Robotics and Smart Homes

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This paper describes the findings arising from ongoing qualitative usability evaluation studies on mobile companion robotics in smart home environments from two research projects focused on socio-technical innovation to support independent living (CompanionAble and Mobiserv). Key findings are described, and it is stated that the robotic companion, the smart home environment, and external services need to be seamlessly integrated to create a truly supportive and trusted system. The idea of robot personas is introduced, and based on our empirical observations, it is argued that the robot persona, rather than the physical embodiment, is the most important determinant of the degree of users’ acceptance in terms of users’ perceived trustability and responsiveness of the robot and therefore their sense of enhanced usability and satisfaction with such personal assistive systems.

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  1. Stichting Smart Homes, P.O. Box 8825, 5605 LV, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Claire Huijnen & Herjan van den Heuvel

  2. Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory, University of Reading, White Knights Campus, Reading, RG6 6AY, United Kingdom

    Atta Badii & Daniel Thiemert

  3. Bristol Institute of Technology, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol, BS16 1QY, United Kingdom

    Praminda Caleb-Solly

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628CE, Delft, The Netherlands

    David V. Keyson

  2. College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, 2117E Hornbake Hall, 20742-4345, Marylandm, USA

    Mary Lou Maher

  3. Smart Future Initiative, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 43, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany

    Norbert Streitz

  4. Keio University, Japan and National University of Singapore, Heng Miu Keng Terrace 02-01-01A, 119613, Singapore

    Adrian Cheok

  5. School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Shore Road, BT37 0QB, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, UK

    Juan Carlos Augusto

  6. Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD, Fraunhoferstrasse 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Reiner Wichert

  7. Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gwenn Englebienne

  8. Ambient Intelligence Research Lab., Stanford University and Ghent University, 350 Serra Mall, David Packard #318, 94305-9515, Stanford, CA, USA

    Hamid Aghajan

  9. Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Ben J. A. Kröse

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Huijnen, C., Badii, A., van den Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., Thiemert, D. (2011). “Maybe It Becomes a Buddy, But Do Not Call It a Robot” – Seamless Cooperation between Companion Robotics and Smart Homes. In: Keyson, D.V., et al. Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7040. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_44

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