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We conducted a cross-sectional survey among three different occupational groups; Finnish university staff members, Finnish catering & food service company, and Brazilian teachers. The aim of the study was to explore how the employees perceive if they would have a chance to collaborate with the social robots, especially when they are working while ill. The results showed that a social robot will be accepted better as a team member than as a face-to-face colleague. The respondents were looking forward that a robot will improve productivity and assist them. We recommend designers, researchers and manufactures to take a social robot’s role in working life into account as a new potential focus area.
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Vänni, K.J., Korpela, A.K. (2015). Role of Social Robotics in Supporting Employees and Advancing Productivity. In: Tapus, A., André, E., Martin, JC., Ferland, F., Ammi, M. (eds) Social Robotics. ICSR 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9388. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25554-5_67
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