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Somaya Ben Allouch

Researcher at Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Publications -  55
Citations -  1280

Somaya Ben Allouch is an academic researcher from Hogeschool van Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social robot & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 46 publications receiving 868 citations. Previous affiliations of Somaya Ben Allouch include Saxion University of Applied Sciences & University of Twente.

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Exploring influencing variables for the acceptance of social robots

TL;DR: The results indicate that especially the variables of usefulness, adaptability, enjoyment, sociability, companionship and perceived behavioral control are important evaluating the user acceptance of social robots.
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Sharing a life with Harvey

TL;DR: A long-term explorative study has been conducted by installing a social robot for health promotion in elderly people's own homes, providing an in-depth understanding of the factors that influence the acceptance of and relationship-building with social robots in domestic environments.
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Why Do They Refuse to Use My Robot?: Reasons for Non-Use Derived from a Long-Term Home Study

TL;DR: The challenge for robot designers is to create robots that are enjoyable and easy to use to capture users in the short-term, and functionally-relevant to keep those users in their homes in the longer-term.
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Acceptance and use of a social robot by elderly users in a domestic environment

TL;DR: The influences of social and hedonic factors were examined, in addition to the normally studied utilitarian factors of the Technology Acceptance Model, and social factors were found to be important for the acceptance of robots, but not for building a relationship with the Nabaztag.
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The Internet-of-Things: Reflections on the past, present and future from a user-centered and smart environment perspective

TL;DR: The paper discusses some of the big issues facing future developers and marketers of Internet-of-Things based products ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) through to customer privacy and acceptance finishing with an optimistic assessment of the future of the Internet- of-Things.