Co-creating Museum Robots With People That Are Autistic and/or Have Learning Disabilities

Cameron, Harriet; Story, Matthew; Reyes-Cruz, Gisela; Galvez Trigo, Maria Jose

Abstract

The integration of robots into everyday life is an increasingly common and mundane phenomena. Understanding how people regard and interact with these robots is a rapidly growing area of study, however, there is limited consideration of the attitudes of people that are autistic and/or have learning disabilities. This poster showcases preliminary findings from two co-creative workshops run with the input and guidance of these communities and their caregivers. Early insights from these workshops offer twofold contributions; first, the outline of a framework for embedding people that are autistic and/or have learning disabilities within research meaningful to them through reflection and iteration. Second, an overview of their attitudes towards robots, with specific insights into robots used in museums. Attitudes are broadly positive, although risk perception is seen to affect trust and therefore contextual engagement.

Citation

Cameron, H., Story, M., Reyes-Cruz, G., & Galvez Trigo, M. J. (2023, July). Co-creating Museum Robots With People That Are Autistic and/or Have Learning Disabilities. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
• Start Date: Jul 11, 2023
• End Date: Jul 12, 2023
• Acceptance Date: May 4, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jul 11, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-07
• Deposit Date: Dec 21, 2023
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Article Number: 45
• Book Title: TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
• ISBN: 9798400707346
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597525
• Keywords: Robotics, Learning Disabilities, Museums, Autism
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23472565
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3597512.3597525