Fig 1.
Red arrows denote locations of tracking markers used in biomechanical analysis. Experimenter 1 holds gait belt placed on participant. Experimenter 2 holds run-stop button.
Fig 2.
The technology acceptance model (TAM) [7].
Table 1.
Definitions of constructs used in the Robot Opinions Questionnaire.
Table 2.
Robot Opinions Questionnaire.
Table 3.
Demographic information of participants.
Table 4.
Participants’ previous dance experience.
Table 5.
Participants’ health information.
Table 6.
Participants’ technology experience and robot familiarity.
Table 7.
Partnered Stepping Questionnaire.
Fig 3.
Coding process for qualitative data analysis.
Table 8.
Pre and Post acceptance results.
Fig 4.
Histograms of responses to Robot Opinions Questionnaire (Post, overall scale) asked during interview.
Table 9.
Comparing Pre vs. Post acceptance results.
Table 10.
Facilitators of robot acceptance of a robot for partner dance-based exercise.
Table 11.
Barriers of robot acceptance of a robot for partner dance-based exercise.
Fig 5.
Biomechanics of human-robot partnered stepping.
Example data from two cycles of one trial from one participant. We compute the lag time (lag) by cross correlating the robot’s position as a function of time and the human’s position as function of time, where position is a scalar.
Table 12.
Partnered Stepping Questionnaire results.