Embodied Digital Technologies: First Insights in the Social and Legal Perception of Robots and Users of Prostheses.

ABSTRACT: New bionic technologies and robots are becoming increasingly common in workspaces and private spheres. It is thus crucial to understand concerns regarding their use in social and legal terms and the qualities they should possess to be accepted as 'co-workers'. Previous research in these areas used the Stereotype Content Model to investigate, for example, attributions of Warmth and Competence towards people who use bionic prostheses, cyborgs, and robots. In the present study, we propose to differentiate the Warmth dimension into the dimensions of Sociability and Morality to gain deeper insight into how people with or without bionic prostheses are perceived. In addition, we extend our research to the perception of robots. Since legal aspects need to be considered if robots are expected to be

SUBMITTER: Mandl S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9037747 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature