Not only WEIRD but “uncanny”? A systematic review of diversity in Human–Robot Interaction research

K Seaborn, G Barbareschi, S Chandra - International Journal of Social …, 2023 - Springer
Critical voices within and beyond the scientific community have pointed to a grave matter of
concern regarding who is included in research and who is not. Subsequent investigations …

Robot's gendering trouble: a sco** review of gendering humanoid robots and its effects on HRI

G Perugia, D Lisy - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2023 - Springer
The discussion around gendering humanoid robots has gained more traction in the last few
years. To lay the basis for a full comprehension of how robots'“gender” has been understood …

The shape of our bias: Perceived age and gender in the humanoid robots of the abot database

G Perugia, S Guidi, M Bicchi… - 2022 17th ACM/IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present study was aimed at determining the age and gender distribution of the
humanoid robots in the ABOT dataset, and providing a systematic data-driven formalization …

Why should we gender? The effect of robot gendering and occupational stereotypes on human trust and perceived competency

DA Bryant, J Borenstein, A Howard - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The attribution of human-like characteristics onto humanoid robots has become a common
practice in Human-Robot Interaction by designers and users alike. Robot gendering, the …

Why context matters: the influence of application domain on preferred degree of anthropomorphism and gender attribution in human–robot interaction

E Roesler, L Naendrup-Poell, D Manzey… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The application of anthropomorphic design features is widely believed to facilitate human–
robot interaction. However, the preference for robots' anthropomorphism is highly context …

Is Alexa female, male, or neutral? A cross-national and cross-gender comparison of perceptions of Alexa's gender and status as a communicator

L Fortunati, A Edwards, C Edwards… - Computers in Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
The gendering of machine agents risks further complicating the social framework in ways
that reverberate to humans' relationships and identities. This paper explores how users …

Models of (often) ambivalent robot stereotypes: content, structure, and predictors of robots' age and gender stereotypes

G Perugia, L Boor, L van der Bij… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This study focused on investigating the content, structure, and predictors of robots'
stereotypes. We involved 120 participants in an online study and asked them to rate 80 …

What pronouns for pepper? a critical review of gender/ing in research

K Seaborn, A Frank - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Gender/ing guides how we view ourselves, the world around us, and each other—including
non-humans. Critical voices have raised the alarm about stereotyped gendering in the …

Gendered human–robot interactions in services

S Forgas-Coll, R Huertas-Garcia, A Andriella… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The outbreak of Covid-19 precipitated the use of service robots in customer-facing services
as a replacement for employees to avoid human-to-human contact. However, this …

How do consumers' gender and rational thinking affect the acceptance of entertainment social robots?

S Forgas-Coll, R Huertas-Garcia, A Andriella… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, the rapid ageing of the population, a longer life expectancy and elderly
people's desire to live independently are social changes that put pressure on healthcare …