Do we want to share our lives and bodies with robots? A 2000-people survey
Speaker: Kai Arras , Nurobot Automation and Artefacts GmbH
Date: August 26 2005
Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Location: Sem Rm D463 (Star)
Host: John Leonard, CSAIL
Contact: John Leonard, 617 253 0607, jleonard@mit.edu
Relevant URL: http://www.nada.kth.se/~kai-a/Abstract:
For roughly two decades a new generation of robots, robotic prostheses
and implantable devices is about to arise accompanied by great
optimism that they will widely pervade our daily life in a near
future. This talk presents the results from a survey on the question
if people want to share their life and body with robots. The survey,
carried out in connection with the Robotics exhibition at the Swiss
National Exhibition Expo.02, counts over 2000 participants. The
questionnaire covers issues on robotics in general, personal robots,
the meaning of work, robotic prostheses and artificial organs. While
the results testify a positive attitude towards potential robotic
co-workers, flat-mates or body part, they include a number of
surprising answers. We find correlations in the data, discuss
interpretations, speculate about the answers and cultural influences
and finally conclude: Whom are we building robots for and what should
they be like? To whom are we selling robots and how should we market
them?
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