  Despite advances in areas such as the personalization of robots, sustaining
adoption of robots for long-term use in families remains a challenge. Recent
studies have identified integrating robots into families' routines and rituals
as a promising approach to support long-term adoption. However, few studies
explored the integration of robots into family routines and there is a gap in
systematic measures to capture family preferences for robot integration.
Building upon existing routine inventories, we developed Family-Robot Routines
Inventory (FRRI), with 24 family routines and 24 child routine items, to
capture parents' attitudes toward and expectations from the integration of
robotic technology into their family routines. Using this inventory, we
collected data from 150 parents through an online survey. Our analysis
indicates that parents had varying perceptions for the utility of integrating
robots into their routines. For example, parents found robot integration to be
more helpful in children's individual routines, than to the collective routines
of their families. We discuss the design implications of these preliminary
findings, and how they may serve as a first step toward understanding the
diverse challenges and demands of designing and integrating household robots
for families.
