In this study, we address the level of trust that a human being displays during an interaction
with a robot under different circumstances. The influencing factors considered are the facial …

Humans should be able to trust that they can safely interact with their home companion
robot. However, robots can exhibit occasional mechanical, programming or functional errors …

Robots are increasingly used in social applications, which raise challenges regarding
people's trust in robots. A modern conception of human-robot trust must go beyond the …

To design trustworthy robots, we need to understand the impact factors of trust: people's
attitudes, experience, and characteristics; the robot's physical design, reliability, and …

As robots become more advanced and capable, developing trust is an important factor of
human-robot interaction and cooperation. However, as multiple environmental and social …

This paper discuss the phenomenon of empathy in social robotics and is divided into three
main parts. Initially, I analyse whether it is correct to use this concept to study and describe …

Humanlikeness, including robot gender, impacts people's impression of social robots
(Eyssel and Hegel in J Appl Soc Psychol 42 (9): 2213–2230, 2012) and actual human robot …

Future robotic systems are expected to transition from tools to teammates, characterized by
increasingly autonomous, intelligent robots interacting with humans in a more naturalistic …

This work investigates how human awareness about a social robot's capabilities is related to
trusting this robot to handle different tasks. We present a user study that relates knowledge …

Understanding human trust in machine partners has become imperative due to the
widespread use of intelligent machines in a variety of applications and contexts. The aim of …