Table 3.
Summary of the hypotheses/research questions and the findings.
| Emphasis and hypothesis/research question | Findings |
|---|---|
| Chest region | • No main effect gender/sexuality |
| • Viewing times all participants: | |
| H1: Compared to homosexual men and heterosexual women, heterosexual men will spend more time looking at the chest of women compared to human-like gynoid and machine-like gynoid robots. | Female chest > |
| RQ1: Is there a difference in the time participants spend looking at the chest of the human-like and the machine-like robots? | Human-like robotic chest > Machine-like robotic chest |
| • Viewing times heterosexual males only: | |
| Female chest > | |
| Human-like robotic chest = Machine-like robotic chest | |
| Pelvic region | • Main Effect gender/sexuality: heterosexual males = more viewing time at the pelvic area of the human-like robot than homosexual males and heterosexual women |
| • Viewing times all participants: | |
| H2: Compared to homosexual men and heterosexual women, heterosexual men will spend more time looking at the pelvic region of women compared to human-like gynoid and machine-like gynoid robots. | Human pelvic region < |
| RQ2: Is there a difference in the time participants spend looking at the pelvic region of the human-like and the machine-like robots? | Human-like robotic pelvic region > Machine-like robotic pelvic region |
| • Viewing times heterosexual males only: | |
| Human pelvic region < | |
| Human-like robotic pelvic region = Machine-like robotic pelvic region | |
| Head | • Viewing times all participants: |
| RQ3: Is there a difference in the time people spend looking at the head of humans, human-like robots and machine-like robots? | Female head > |
| Human-like robotic head > Machine-like robotic head | |
| • Viewing times heterosexual males only: | |
| Female head > | |
| Human-like robotic head > Machine-like robotic head | |
| Need for visual exploration | • Revisits: |
| H3: There will be a deeper visual exploration in terms of switching back and forth between different body parts when individuals [heterosexual men, homosexual men, and heterosexual women] are looking at human-like and machine-like gynoid robots compared to at women. | Female Stimuli < |
| Human-like robots = machine-like robots | |
| Influence of evaluations, personality traits and attitudes toward robots | • Viewing times toward chest of human-like robot = Regression model not significant |
| RQ4a: Does a negative attitude toward robots, a tendency to anthropomorphize, and the attractiveness ratings of the human-like and machine-like gynoid robots explain variance in the time heterosexual male participants spend looking at the chest of the human-like and machine-like gynoid robots? | |
| • Viewing times toward chest of machine-like robot = Regression model not significant | |
| RQ4b: Does a negative attitude toward robots, a tendency to anthropomorphize, and the attractiveness ratings of the human-like and machine-like gynoid robots explain variance in the time heterosexual male participants spend looking at the pelvic area of the human-like and machine-like gynoid robots? | • Viewing times toward pelvic area of human-like robot = Regression model not significant |
| • Viewing times toward pelvic area of machine-like robot = Regression model not significant | |
| RQ4c: Does a negative attitude toward robots, a tendency to anthropomorphize, and the attractiveness ratings of the human-like and machine-like gynoid robots explain variance in the time heterosexual male participants spend looking at the head of the human-like and machine-like gynoid robots? | • Viewing times toward head of human-like robot = Regression model not significant |
| • Viewing times toward head of machine-like robot = Regression model not significant |