文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Acceptability of Robots to Assist the Elderly by Future Designers: A Case of Guangdong Ocean University Industrial Design Students

作者：Huang, Tianyang[1];Liu, Haitao[1]

机构：[1]Guangdong Ocean Univ, Sch Mech & Power Engn, Zhanjiang 524088, Peoples R China

年份：2019

卷号：11

期号：15

外文期刊名：SUSTAINABILITY

收录：SSCI(收录号：WOS:000485230200144)、SCI-EXPANDED(收录号：WOS:000485230200144)、、Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85070464832)、WOS

基金：This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province in China (grant number 2018A0303130076), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Zhanjiang City (grant number 2017A02025), and the Fostering Plan for Major Scientific Research Projects of Education Department of Guangdong Province-Characteristic Innovation Projects (grant number 2017KTSCX087).

语种：英文

外文关键词：assistive robots; the elderly; acceptability; designers; potential users

外文摘要：The development of robot technology provides many possibilities for the life support of the elderly. This study explored the acceptability of robots to assist the elderly from the perspective of future designers. A quantitative questionnaire (58 copies) and a qualitative one-to-one interview (10 people) were conducted to explore the attitude of future designers towards the use of robots to assist the elderly. One-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test statistic was used to analyze the data of the questionnaire. The results show that the mean and median of 11 of the 12 dimensions of the acceptability questionnaire are greater than 3 (3 represents uncertain and neutral attitude), and 10 have statistical significance (p < 0.05). Also, the interview results show the positive attitude of future designers. The research shows that future designers hold a positive and open attitude towards the use of robots to assist the elderly. The research findings can help people understand the attitude of future designers and provide some reference for subsequent robot design and development.