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Lara Christoforakos, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich
Designing Robots with Personality.
In: J. Doerrenbacher, J., R. Ringfort-Felner, R. Neuhaus and M. Hassenzahl (Eds.) Meaningful Futures with Robots - Designing a New Coexistence (pp. 70-78). CRC Press Taylor & Francis.

Letâs imagine a time when cleaning robots have become very popular, and every household has its own. Whether this cleaning robot is humorous, sociable, and sometimes makes cocky jokes, or is rather depressed and sarcastic and avoids actively seeking interaction with humans, has different implications for users. It would certainly affect usersâ mood and behavior in different ways, just like the different personalities of our human interaction partners affect us, each in a different but characteristic way. To foster responsible robot design, such effects on users need to be considered as part of the overall intended impression a robot should leave. This goal has been developed in many of the robotics projects with which we have cooperated during the last two years.