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| Background As the lifestyle of the elderly changes in the direction to maintain an active life and the silver market that provides elderly-friendly services is growing, silver care robots are attracting attention. However, research on the design of robots for the silver generation is rather incomplete, and research on robot design for the elderly is necessary. This study intends to present basic data for the design of social robots for silver care by identifying user needs for functions, personalities, and appearance of social robots for silver care.
Methods Based on previous studies, a research model was designed and questionnaires were constructed on the function, personality and appearance of social robots for silver care. By conducting an online user survey, multiple regression analysis and descriptive statistical analysis were performed to analyze the expected personality type according to the function of the social robot for silver care and the expected appearance image according to the personality type.
Result As a result of analyzing the type of personality according to the robot's function, it was found that a responsible and pleasant personality is expected for health support and life support functions, and an open and extroverted personality is suitable for emotional and social support functions. In addition, as a result of analyzing the appearance image according to the personality type of the robot, humanoid and semi-humanoid appearances were expected for responsible and pleasant personalities, and Android appeared to have an appearance suitable for pleasant personalities.
Conclusion This study analyzed the functions of social robots for silver care, their personalities, and the relationship between the personalities and external images of the robots. |
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| 실버케어 소셜 로봇, 로봇 퍼스널리티, 로봇 외형, Silver-care Social Robot, Robot Personality, Robot Appearance |
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