Evaluating the usability of basic symbols for television, telephone and robot: For localizing and internationalizing graphics and visual information for robotics

A major contribution of this study is to demonstrate the evaluation of effectiveness of symbols for television, telephone, and robot. For television and telephone symbols, the author has compared with the results presented in professional communication society. For robot, the author presents that the participants selected a typical humanoid robot, a R2-D2 type and a C-3PO type as the top three. The movie “Star wars series” may have impact on robotics. In addition, the author shows that female participants and male participants may have a few different images for the robot.