Experiment with a water hauling robot in a village in rural India.
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
Experiment with a water hauling robot in a village in rural India. "None of the people in this study had ever seen a real robot of any kind before."
"A Clearpath Robotics Husky was equipped with a crate that could hold three jugs of water, totalling 60 liters, much more than a single person could carry by themselves. A Bluetooth speaker allowed the robot to communicate with people in a synthetic male voice (speaking Tamil, the local language). The robot wasn't autonomous; a researcher remote controlled it from about 10 meters away, and this method of operation was made clear to the participants in the study."
"One hundred percent of the participants perceived the robot as being alive, attributing aliveness to the movement and speech of the robot, for example two of them said 'Without being alive, how can it talk?', 'Only because it has life, it is following us, right?'"
"At the same time, the participants were fully aware that there was a human controlling the robot, and most of them expressed some amount of confidence that they'd be willing to operate it if given lessons. Generally, the impressions of the robot were positive -- everyone said that it made the water hauling job easier, and most felt like the experience was safe and enjoyable."
Experiment with a water hauling robot in a village in rural India. "None of the people in this study had ever seen a real robot of any kind before."
"A Clearpath Robotics Husky was equipped with a crate that could hold three jugs of water, totalling 60 liters, much more than a single person could carry by themselves. A Bluetooth speaker allowed the robot to communicate with people in a synthetic male voice (speaking Tamil, the local language). The robot wasn't autonomous; a researcher remote controlled it from about 10 meters away, and this method of operation was made clear to the participants in the study."
"One hundred percent of the participants perceived the robot as being alive, attributing aliveness to the movement and speech of the robot, for example two of them said 'Without being alive, how can it talk?', 'Only because it has life, it is following us, right?'"
"At the same time, the participants were fully aware that there was a human controlling the robot, and most of them expressed some amount of confidence that they'd be willing to operate it if given lessons. Generally, the impressions of the robot were positive -- everyone said that it made the water hauling job easier, and most felt like the experience was safe and enjoyable."
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