(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-09)
Sung, Ja-Young; Grinter, Rebecca E.; Christensen, Henrik I.
In this paper, we discuss a user-centered vision of
future domestic robots based on 48 householders' depiction of
their ideal home robots. Through users' creative responses, we
aim to identify domestic tasks desired for robotic assistance, and
hence guide the design effort to better reflect user needs. Our
study results show that householders want domestic robots for
tasks including Time-consuming Drudgeries, House-sitting, and
Personal Attendance. Further, we present three design lessons
we learned to increase householders' acceptance of these robots.
The design of domestic robots needs to provide a certain amount
of human control, be compatible with the user's domestic
environment, and take gender into consideration.