Number of older people and roboticists providing positive, negative or non-responses for each feature and the resultant level of difference or agreement
Interactivity | Soft fur | Talking | Personalised | Realistic | Familiar | Mythical | Life simulation | ||
Older people (n=17) | Positive | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Negative | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
None | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | |
Score | 15 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 4 | −4 | 5 | |
Roboticists (n=18) | Positive | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Negative | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
None | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 13 | |
Score | 12 | 7 | −11 | −1 | −9 | −9 | 0 | 1 | |
Score difference | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
Key: green=difference of ≤4, orange=difference of ≥13.