Humanoid Robot-Application and Influence

TL;DR

This paper reviews how humanoid robots are used in healthcare and education, highlighting factors influencing acceptance and their impact on social behavior among different age groups and conditions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive literature review on the acceptance and influence of humanoid robots, emphasizing human factors and social interaction effects.

Findings

Children and elderly prefer humanoid robots due to social interaction needs.

Deterministic behavior of robots can improve social skills in autistic children.

Trust in robots depends on application, age, gender, and social context.

Abstract

Application of humanoid robots has been common in the field of healthcare and education. It has been recurrently used to improve social behavior and mollify distress level among children with autism, cancer and cerebral palsy. This article discusses the same from a human factors perspective. It shows how people of different age and gender have a different opinion towards the application and acceptance of humanoid robots. Additionally, this article highlights the influence of cerebral condition and social interaction on a user behavior and attitude towards humanoid robots. Our study performed a literature review and found that (a) children and elderly individuals prefer humanoid robots due to inactive social interaction, (b) The deterministic behavior of humanoid robots can be acknowledged to improve social behavior of autistic children, (c) Trust on humanoid robots is highly driven by its application and a user age, gender, and social life.