Yuxin Liu, Salih Sarah Abdulkareem, Shaari Nazlina
Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Malaysia.
Biomimetics (Basel). 2025 Jul 22;10(8):483. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics10080483.
Design and use of wearable technology have grown exponentially, particularly in consumer products and service sectors, e.g., healthcare. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive understanding of wearable technology in consumer acceptance. This systematic review utilized a PRISMA on peer-reviewed articles published between 2014 and 2024 and collected on WoS, Scopus, and ScienceDirect. A total of 38 full-text articles were systematically reviewed and analyzed using bibliometric, thematic, and descriptive analysis to understand the technical functions of digital wearable products (DWPs) in consumer acceptance. The findings revealed four key functions: (i) wearable technology, (ii) appearance and design, (iii) biomimetic innovation, and (iv) security and privacy, found in eight types of DWPs, among them smartwatches, medical robotics, fitness devices, and wearable fashions, significantly predicted the customers' acceptance moderated by the behavioral factors. The review also identified five key outcomes: health and fitness, enjoyment, social value, biomimicry, and market growth. The review proposed a comprehensive acceptance model that combines biomimetic principles and AI-driven features into the technical functions of the technical function model (TAM) while addressing security and privacy concerns. This approach contributes to the extended definition of TAM in wearable technology, offering new pathways for biomimetic research in smart devices and robotics.
可穿戴技术的设计与应用呈指数级增长，尤其在消费产品和服务领域，如医疗保健。然而，对于消费者对可穿戴技术的接受度仍缺乏全面理解。本系统综述采用PRISMA方法，对2014年至2024年间发表在Web of Science、Scopus和ScienceDirect上的同行评议文章进行了收集。共对38篇全文进行了系统综述，并运用文献计量、主题和描述性分析方法进行分析，以了解数字可穿戴产品（DWP）在消费者接受度方面的技术功能。研究结果揭示了数字可穿戴产品的四种关键功能：（i）可穿戴技术，（ii）外观与设计，（iii）仿生创新，以及（iv）安全与隐私。在八类数字可穿戴产品中，包括智能手表、医疗机器人、健身设备和可穿戴时尚产品等，这些功能显著预测了受行为因素调节的消费者接受度。该综述还确定了五个关键成果：健康与健身、享受、社会价值、仿生以及市场增长。该综述提出了一个综合接受模型，将仿生原理和人工智能驱动的特性融入技术功能模型（TAM）的技术功能中，同时解决安全和隐私问题。这种方法有助于扩展可穿戴技术中TAM的定义，为智能设备和机器人领域的仿生研究提供新途径。
