@DominikGutt @ZetaOf1 There's a fair amount of research in the HRI space about how people perceive their Roombas! eg: Hendriks et al (2011) “Robot Vacuum Cleaner Personality and Behavior,” International Journal of Social Robotics (3:2), pp. 187–195. (ht
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Interesting (small scale) Dutch study from 2011 suggests users perceive—and desire—robot devices (here: vacuum cleaner) to have a personality: https://t.co/gVj2knQoP0 HT @andre_spicer https://t.co/K6RcK4S3Ud
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RT @andre_spicer: Last night we spoke about naming household objects. It turns out everyone there gave their robot vacuum cleaner a name. P…
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Last night we spoke about naming household objects. It turns out everyone there gave their robot vacuum cleaner a name. People named cars. One person gave a name to a fan. So if your vacuum cleaner has a name, what kind of personality does it have? htt