Table 1.

Example of the analysis process.

Participant statement	Codes	Category
“I tend to drop my phone on the floor. If the robot could pick it up, that would definitely be a useful task for me.”	Pick up an item	Usefulness
“...no, giving it verbal commands would not be hard for me, if you have a pet you’re quite used to it.”	Voice commanding; not perceived difficult	Ease of use
“I wonder a bit about the monitoring, if people can see and hear what’s happening in my house through the robot, I wouldn’t like that.”	Distant controlling Monitoring	Privacy