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Therefore, this study aimed to examine the factors influencing the attribution of subjective opinions to robots. We investigated robot and human factors that may affect subjective opinion attribution to robots. Furthermore, these factors were investigated in four different cases, adopting a combination of the robots\u2019 types and control methods, considering actual scenarios of robot usage. The survey was conducted online, and the participants completed a questionnaire after receiving instructions regarding the robot. The results revealed that the perception of the robots\u2019 sensory capabilities significantly influenced the attribution of subjective opinions in all the surveyed cases. Additionally, in the case of an autonomous small robot, there is a possibility that participants\u2019 self-perception of their judgment abilities might also impact their subjective opinion attribution to the robot. The findings highlight the importance of aligning subjective opinion utterances in conversational robots with user perceptions of the robot\u2019s sensory capabilities. They also emphasized the significance of exploring how users\u2019 self-perceptions influence their perceptions of robots. 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