论文标题
减少隔离的社会伴侣机器人：Covid-19引起的感知变化
Social Companion Robots to Reduce Isolation: A Perception Change Due to COVID-19
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论文摘要
社会隔离是像19号一样大流行的负面后果之一。社会隔离和孤独不仅是老年人经历的，而且是一个独自生活并且无法与他人交流或参与社交场合的年轻人。在这种情况下，社会伴侣机器人可能有可能减少社会隔离并增加幸福感。但是，社会对社会机器人的看法并不总是积极的。在本文中，我们在Covid-19的自我隔离期（2020年5月至6月和2021年1月）进行了两项在线实验，以研究Covid-19如何影响人们对社交机器人的好处的看法。我们的结果表明，由Covid-19造成的变化，以及在大流行期间独自生活或在护理中心生活的年长亲戚显着和积极地影响了人们对社会机器人的认识，作为伴侣，孤独感可以推动购买社会机器人的购买。第二项研究复制了第一项研究的结果。我们还讨论了5大性格特征对购买社交机器人的可能性以及参与者对Covid-19并适应大流行的一般态度的影响。
Social isolation is one of the negative consequences of a pandemic like COVID-19. Social isolation and loneliness are not only experienced by older adults, but also by younger people who live alone and cannot communicate with others or get involved in social situations as they used to. In such situations, social companion robots might have the potential to reduce social isolation and increase well-being. However, society's perception of social robots has not always been positive. In this paper, we conducted two online experiments with 102 and 132 participants during the self isolation periods of COVID-19 (May-June 2020 and January 2021), to study how COVID-19 has affected people's perception of the benefits of a social robot. Our results showed that a change caused by COVID-19, as well as having an older relative who lived alone or at a care center during the pandemic significantly and positively affected people's perception of social robots, as companions, and that the feeling of loneliness can drive the purchase of a social robot. The second study replicated the results of the first study. We also discuss the effects of Big 5 personality traits on the likelihood to purchase a social robot, as well as on participants' general attitude towards COVID-19 and adapting to the pandemic.
