Family Privacy Perceptions of Robots in the Home
A Multi-Site Convergence across USA, Spain, and Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22190862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leigh Levinson (0000-0002-6964-8441, Indiana University Bloomington), Gonzalo A Garcia (0000-0003-0022-3717, Universidad Internacional De La Rioja), Levko Ivanchuk (0009-0008-5218-256X, Honda (Japan)), Guillermo Pérez (0009-0007-1513-2013, Intelligent Health (United Kingdom)), Gloria Alvarez (0000-0001-5840-177X, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer), J Gabriel Amores (0000-0002-3064-3061, Universidad de Sevilla), Manuel Castro-Malet (0000-0002-6680-4840, Intelligent Health (United Kingdom)), Randy Gómez (0000-0002-3191-6818, Honda (Japan)), Selma Šabanović (0000-0002-2553-854X, Indiana University Bloomington) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2573-9522 • E-ISSN: 2573-9522 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1145/3818679 |
| OpenAlex | W7162581207 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
As we introduce social robots into family homes, there is a heightened need to understand both parental and child perceptions of privacy, taking into account family perspectives. Haru4Kids (H4K) is an app-based robot simulator designed to cohabitate with children in their home. In a multi-site investigation, H4K cohabitated with 11 American, 11 Spanish, and 10 Ukrainian families. Interviews preceding and following the cohabitation period with at least one parent and all participating children ages 5-12 allowed us to gauge general expectations and experiences during cohabitation and to estimate their comfort with sharing different kinds of information with the platform. In general, children perceived Haru as a technological device that was social, yet non-human. All stakeholders were more comfortable with general information collection as opposed to information sharing with third parties. Lastly, though culture is known to affect expectations and perceptions of privacy and robots, our study shows cohabitating with H4K led to a general convergence across sites in users’ perceptions of Haru and attitudes towards preserving their privacy with robots
Cohabitation · Information sharing · Perception · Robot · Child Development and Digital Technology · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Social Robot Interaction and HRI
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |