Table 28b Design Principles for Clothing Perception (Dennler et al., 2025)
| Design Principles for Clothing Perception (Dennler et al., 2025) | ||||
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| 1. | DP 1: Appearance Modulates Gender We aimed to design clothes that modulate the perceived gender of the robot. While clothing can be worn by any gender, the social construction of gender implies that the design of clothing is typically aligned with particular gendersc. For example, fashion designers tend to use curved lines in women’s clothing and sharp lines in men’s clothing. [119]. | [118, Crane D (2012) Fashion and its social agendas: Class, gender, andidentity in clothing. University of Chicago Press 119].Palumbo L, Ruta N, Bertamini M (2015) Comparing angu-lar and curved shapes in terms of implicit associations and approach/avoidance responses. PLoS ONE 10(10):e0140043 | ||
| 2. | DP2: Quality and Cost are Consistent Associations of different monetary values of clothes on the robot could lead to different social perceptions of that robot [120]. The perceived quality and value of the robot’s clothes should not make the robot appear more or less “premium”, nor should the clothes “cheapen” the robot. | 120].de Kervenoael R, Hasan R, Schwob A, Goh E (2020) Leveraginghuman-robot interaction in hospitality services: Incorporating therole of perceived value, empathy, and information sharing intovisitors? intentions to use social robots. Tour Manage 78:104042 | ||
| 3. | DP3: Clothing Suggests Function The clothes that arobot wears should resemble the clothes worn by people in similar occupations/contexts. | |||
Dennler, N., Kian, M., Nikolaidis, S., & Matarić, M. (2025). Designing robot identity: The role of voice, clothing, and task on robot gender perception.