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DESU 100: about the temptation to destroy a robot

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Julia Ringler,

Holger ReckterAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

Pages 151 - 152

https://doi.org/10.1145/2148131.2148164

Published: 19 February 2012 Publication History

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Whilst previous research examined the behaviour of humans instructed to destroy robots, this paper is concerned with the question "Are humans tempted to destroy robots?" For this purpose, an interactive installation was created, consisting of the robot DESU 100 and a button on a pedestal. The visitors of this installation were faced with the opportunity to push the button, and herewith forcing the robot to hit itself. Despite feeling sympathy for DESU 100, most of the visitors yielded to the temptation and pressed the button at least once, experiencing satisfaction.

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DESU 100: about the temptation to destroy a robot
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Censorship
    2. Surveillance
  2. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Codes of ethics

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TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

February 2012

413 pages

ISBN:9781450311748

DOI:10.1145/2148131

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Queen's University, Canada
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Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
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Carleton University, Canada
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

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