Robots in the Danger Zone: Exploring Public Perception through Engagement. Robb, D., Ahmad, M., Tiseo, C., Aracri, S., McConnell, A., C., Page, V., Dondrup, C., Garcia, F., J., C., Nguyen, H., Pairet Artau, È., Ardon, P., Semwal, T., Taylor, H., Wilson, L., Lane, D., M., Hastie, H., & Lohan, K., S. In 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, 2020.
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Public perceptions of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) are important in the acceptance, uptake, government regulation and research funding of this technology. Recent research has shown that the public's understanding of RAI can be negative or inaccurate. We believe effective public engagement can help ensure that public opinion is better informed. In this paper, we describe our first iteration of a high throughput in-person public engagement activity. We describe the use of a light touch quiz-format survey instrument to integrate in-the-wild research participation into the engagement, allowing us to probe both the effectiveness of our engagement strategy, and public perceptions of the future roles of robots and humans working in dangerous settings, such as in the off-shore energy sector. We critique our methods and share interesting results into generational differences within the public's view of the future of Robotics and AI in hazardous environments. These findings include that older peoples' views about the future of robots in hazardous environments were not swayed by exposure to our exhibit, while the views of younger people were affected by our exhibit, leading us to consider carefully in future how to more effectively engage with and inform older people.
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