Section 149 · Chapter 18, Embodied and Long-Running AI Systems
Embodied Robotics: Human Interaction and Social Acceptance
A robot can be technically correct and still fail because people find it rude, creepy, confusing, unsafe, or socially unacceptable.
embodied robotics human interaction acceptance
What to do
- Use human-subject studies carefully.
- Ask people what felt unsafe, confusing, intrusive, or helpful.
- Watch for habituation effects: people react differently on day one than after week three.
Evidence to preserve
- Preserve the inputs, versions, configurations, raw outcomes, and results for embodied robotics human interaction acceptance needed to reproduce work on Embodied Robotics: Human Interaction and Social Acceptance.
- Report results for embodied robotics human interaction acceptance by relevant slice, separate blocker failures from averages, state uncertainty and blind spots, and connect the result to a release decision.
Expert note
Combine human-robot interaction, accessibility testing, cultural review, privacy review, ergonomics, and longitudinal adoption metrics. Watch for habituation effects: people react differently on day one than after week three.
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Jason Arbon. "Embodied Robotics: Human Interaction and Social Acceptance." Testing AI Knowledge Edition, section 149.
https://jarbon.ai/testing-ai/knowledge/ch149-embodied-robotics-human-interaction-acceptance.html