It might be the life-like appearance of the Pleo Dinosaur robot that attracted more women to it. The physical appearance of Pleo also goes much behind the basic life-like requirements, as it's complete with a pudgy body covered in what seems like skin, a squashed-nose, and a slightly open (breathing?) mouth.
I'm not sure of the validity of the following claim, but it's been said many times before that women tend to be more 'social' beings than men. So a robot with eyes, nose, and mouth may seem more interactive for women than a suave-looking white cube on wheels.
Still another hypothesis would be the bright colors (luminous greens and yellows) of Pleo were more exciting to women than those of the black-and-white Gyro.
Why Women Might Be More Intrigued by the Dinosaur-Bot
It might be the life-like appearance of the Pleo Dinosaur robot that attracted more women to it. The physical appearance of Pleo also goes much behind the basic life-like requirements, as it's complete with a pudgy body covered in what seems like skin, a squashed-nose, and a slightly open (breathing?) mouth.
I'm not sure of the validity of the following claim, but it's been said many times before that women tend to be more 'social' beings than men. So a robot with eyes, nose, and mouth may seem more interactive for women than a suave-looking white cube on wheels.
Still another hypothesis would be the bright colors (luminous greens and yellows) of Pleo were more exciting to women than those of the black-and-white Gyro.