Public perception of socially assistive robots for healthcare in the EU: a large-scale survey

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• dc.contributor.author Aymerich Franch, Laura
• dc.contributor.author Gómez Gutiérrez, Emilia, 1975-
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-27T12:17:28Z
• dc.date.available 2025-05-27T12:17:28Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description.abstract This paper presents the results of a large-scale survey (n = 1092) that explored the attitudes and opinions of European Citizens regarding the adoption of socially assistive robots (SARs) for healthcare in the EU. We examined which functions citizens would support and which they consider a threat to trustworthy SARs. We additionally explored the relationships between the perceived vulnerability of the care recipient and acceptance, between attitudes towards robots and gender, age, religious beliefs, and previous experience interacting with SARs, and whether the degree of responsibility taken in performing a role affects acceptance. We also compared attitudes towards robots across European regions. The functions most negatively rated were triage and banning entrance. Privacy raised particular concern. We also found an inverse correlation between the perceived vulnerability of care recipients and acceptance. Additionally, we found a positive relationship between religious beliefs and fear of robots, a positive relationship between previous robot experience and attitudes towards them, and that females have less positive attitudes towards robots than males. Also, the degree of responsibility in a role determined acceptance. Involving citizens in the decisions concerning SARs deployment is important to build a society that people feel is fair in terms of robot coexistence. The results of the survey intend to provide evidence-based support to policies in this area.
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• dc.identifier.citation Aymerich-Franch L, Gómez E. Public perception of socially assistive robots for healthcare in the EU: a large-scale survey. Comput Hum Behav Rep. 2024 Aug;15:100465. DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100465
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100465
• dc.identifier.issn 2451-9588
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70529
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 2024 Aug;15:100465
• dc.rights © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.subject.other Robòtica en medicina -- Enquestes
• dc.subject.other Tecnologia mèdica -- Enquestes
• dc.title Public perception of socially assistive robots for healthcare in the EU: a large-scale survey
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