Public Evaluation on Potential Social Impacts of Fully Autonomous Cybernetic Avatars for Physical Support in Daily-Life Environments: Large-Scale Demonstration and Survey at Avatar Land

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Main Authors:	Hafi, Lotfi El, Onishi, Kazuma, Hasegawa, Shoichi, Oyama, Akira, Ishikawa, Tomochika, Osada, Masashi, Tornberg, Carl, Kado, Ryoma, Murata, Kento, Hashimoto, Saki, Villalobos, Sebastian Carrera, Taniguchi, Akira, Ricardez, Gustavo Alfonso Garcia, Hagiwara, Yoshinobu, Aoki, Tatsuya, Iwata, Kensuke, Horii, Takato, Horikawa, Yukiko, Miyashita, Takahiro, Taniguchi, Tadahiro, Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Human-Computer Interaction Robotics
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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author	Hafi, Lotfi El Onishi, Kazuma Hasegawa, Shoichi Oyama, Akira Ishikawa, Tomochika Osada, Masashi Tornberg, Carl Kado, Ryoma Murata, Kento Hashimoto, Saki Villalobos, Sebastian Carrera Taniguchi, Akira Ricardez, Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Hagiwara, Yoshinobu Aoki, Tatsuya Iwata, Kensuke Horii, Takato Horikawa, Yukiko Miyashita, Takahiro Taniguchi, Tadahiro Ishiguro, Hiroshi
author_facet	Hafi, Lotfi El Onishi, Kazuma Hasegawa, Shoichi Oyama, Akira Ishikawa, Tomochika Osada, Masashi Tornberg, Carl Kado, Ryoma Murata, Kento Hashimoto, Saki Villalobos, Sebastian Carrera Taniguchi, Akira Ricardez, Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Hagiwara, Yoshinobu Aoki, Tatsuya Iwata, Kensuke Horii, Takato Horikawa, Yukiko Miyashita, Takahiro Taniguchi, Tadahiro Ishiguro, Hiroshi
contents	Cybernetic avatars (CAs) are key components of an avatar-symbiotic society, enabling individuals to overcome physical limitations through virtual agents and robotic assistants. While semi-autonomous CAs intermittently require human teleoperation and supervision, the deployment of fully autonomous CAs remains a challenge. This study evaluates public perception and potential social impacts of fully autonomous CAs for physical support in daily life. To this end, we conducted a large-scale demonstration and survey during Avatar Land, a 19-day public event in Osaka, Japan, where fully autonomous robotic CAs, alongside semi-autonomous CAs, performed daily object retrieval tasks. Specifically, we analyzed responses from 2,285 visitors who engaged with various CAs, including a subset of 333 participants who interacted with fully autonomous CAs and shared their perceptions and concerns through a survey questionnaire. The survey results indicate interest in CAs for physical support in daily life and at work. However, concerns were raised regarding task execution reliability. In contrast, cost and human-like interaction were not dominant concerns. Project page: https://lotfielhafi.github.io/FACA-Survey/.
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spellingShingle	Public Evaluation on Potential Social Impacts of Fully Autonomous Cybernetic Avatars for Physical Support in Daily-Life Environments: Large-Scale Demonstration and Survey at Avatar Land Hafi, Lotfi El Onishi, Kazuma Hasegawa, Shoichi Oyama, Akira Ishikawa, Tomochika Osada, Masashi Tornberg, Carl Kado, Ryoma Murata, Kento Hashimoto, Saki Villalobos, Sebastian Carrera Taniguchi, Akira Ricardez, Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Hagiwara, Yoshinobu Aoki, Tatsuya Iwata, Kensuke Horii, Takato Horikawa, Yukiko Miyashita, Takahiro Taniguchi, Tadahiro Ishiguro, Hiroshi Human-Computer Interaction Robotics Cybernetic avatars (CAs) are key components of an avatar-symbiotic society, enabling individuals to overcome physical limitations through virtual agents and robotic assistants. While semi-autonomous CAs intermittently require human teleoperation and supervision, the deployment of fully autonomous CAs remains a challenge. This study evaluates public perception and potential social impacts of fully autonomous CAs for physical support in daily life. To this end, we conducted a large-scale demonstration and survey during Avatar Land, a 19-day public event in Osaka, Japan, where fully autonomous robotic CAs, alongside semi-autonomous CAs, performed daily object retrieval tasks. Specifically, we analyzed responses from 2,285 visitors who engaged with various CAs, including a subset of 333 participants who interacted with fully autonomous CAs and shared their perceptions and concerns through a survey questionnaire. The survey results indicate interest in CAs for physical support in daily life and at work. However, concerns were raised regarding task execution reliability. In contrast, cost and human-like interaction were not dominant concerns. Project page: https://lotfielhafi.github.io/FACA-Survey/.
title	Public Evaluation on Potential Social Impacts of Fully Autonomous Cybernetic Avatars for Physical Support in Daily-Life Environments: Large-Scale Demonstration and Survey at Avatar Land
topic	Human-Computer Interaction Robotics
url	https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12741