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“I Never Imagined a Robot Speaking Urdu:” Exploring the Influence of Language on Robots’ Acceptance

Sunbul M. Ahmad, Muneeb Ahmad Orcid Logo, Carolina Fuentes Toro, Nervo Verdezoto Dias, Katarzyna Stawarz

HRI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Pages: 1186 - 1190

Swansea University Author: Muneeb Ahmad Orcid Logo

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As robots are increasingly becoming part of daily life worldwide, it is important to ensure that they are inclusive and culturally sensitive to accommodate users from different backgrounds. In particular, many countries in the Global South (GS) have yet to explore the integration and benefits of rob...

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Published in: HRI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISBN: 979-8-3503-7893-1
Published: IEEE 2025
Online Access: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3721488.3721643
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