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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Doering, Nicola Poeschl, Sandra Gross, Horst Michael Bley, Andreas Martin, Christian Boehme, Hans Joachim |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | This paper describes the user-centered design and evaluation process of a humanoid mobile shopping robot named TOOMAS that assists customers of home improvement stores. Three separate empirical field studies addressing the robot’s usability (according to ISO 9241-11) and acceptability (intention to use) are presented involving $$N=343$$ test persons altogether. The first formative evaluation study ( $$N\!=\!210$$ ) addresses the usability of the robot’s article search system. It is demonstrated how several usability problems could be identified and eliminated, leading to significantly more successful article searches. The second formative evaluation study ( $$N\!=\!39$$ ) addresses the robot’s adaptation to its specific task and role in the home improvement store. Embodiment, mobility, voice output, and social behavior were analyzed and adapted to user requirements. The third summative evaluation study ( $$N=94$$ ) experimentally tested robot-assisted shopping against conventional shopping regarding core usability criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction). It reveals that robot-assisted shopping was as effective and satisfactory as conventional shopping. Still, at the current state of technology shopping with robot assistance was slightly slower and therefore less efficient. For all three studies the effects of users’ gender, age, educational background and computer skills levels on robot usability and acceptability are presented and discussed. |
| Starting Page | 203 |
| Ending Page | 225 |
| Page Count | 23 |
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| ISSN | 18754791 |
| Journal | International Journal of Social Robotics |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| e-ISSN | 18754805 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Publisher Date | 2014-10-28 |
| Publisher Place | Dordrecht |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Service robots Shopping assistants User-centered design Usability Acceptability Control, Robotics, Mechatronics |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Philosophy Control and Systems Engineering Social Psychology Electrical and Electronic Engineering Human-Computer Interaction |
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