Construct

Items

Subscale 1: Negative attitude toward situations of

interaction with robots

1) I would feel uneasy if I was given a job where I had to use robots.

2) The word “robot” means nothing to me.

3) I would feel nervous operating a robot in front of the other people.

4) I would hate the idea that robots or artificial intelligences were making judgements about things.

5) I would feel very nervous just standing in front of a robot.

6) I would feel paranoid talking with a robot.

Subscale 2: Negative attitude toward the social influence of robots

7) I would feel uneasy if robots really had emotions.

8) Something bad might happen if robots developed into living beings.

9) I feel that if I depend on robots too much, something bad might happen.

10) I am concerned that robots would be a bad influence on children.

11) I feel that in the future society will be dominated by robots.

Subscale 3: Negative attitude toward emotion in interactions with robots

12) I would feel relaxed talking with robots.

13) If robots had emotions, I would be able to make friends with them.

14) I feel comforted being with robots that have emotions.