Social Acceptance

What makes people accept or reject technology? User acceptance of interactive technology was defined by Dillon (2001) as “the demonstrable willingness within a user group to employ technology for the tasks it is designed to support”. However...

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Trust & Robots

How to design robots that we trust in interaction? An autonomous system is a machine or software capable of operating in and interacting with an environment, without direct and continuous human control. While we have been developing systems with...

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Long-Term Studies

How does technology experience change over time? A key question in HCI and HRI is not only what “acceptance” of technology means in short- and long-term, but also what aspects it includes. There are several models and theories that focus...

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Gender & Tech

How does gender impact technology usage and design? Agent-like technology, such as voice assistants, social robots, and embodied conversational agents increasingly enter our public and private spheres. Alexa, Cortana, even automated announcements...

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