Cross-regional comparative study of dimensions of people's attitudes toward robots

The purpose of this study was to compare multi-dimensional construct of people's attitudes toward robots across international regions. A questionnaire was developed with 125 elements representing people's attitudes toward robots, and used in an investigation in Japan, China and Taiwan. A factor analysis was conducted on the responses to the questionnaire from all regions, and a twelve-factor structure was extracted. Moreover, a factor analysis was conducted on the responses of the each region, and factor structures were compared with the universal factor structure extracted from all regions. Regional similarities and differences in dimensions of attitudes towards robots were discussed.