This experiment explored the influence of users' experience (prior interaction) with robots on
their attitudes and trust toward robotic agents. Specifically, we hypothesized that prior …

Social robots must take on many roles when interacting with people in everyday settings,
some of which may be authoritative, such as a nurse, teacher, or guard. It is important to …

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of the robot types on emotional
engagement with robots. Robots are classified into an autonomous robot and a tele …

In increasingly digitized working and living environments, human-robot collaboration is
growing fast with human trust toward robotic collaboration as a key factor for the innovative …

This study investigates the effects of culture, robot appearance and task on human-robot
interaction. We propose a model with culture (Chinese, Korean and German), robot …

As the autonomy and capabilities of robotic systems increase, they are expected to play the
role of teammates rather than tools and interact with human collaborators in a more realistic …

How do mistakes made by a robot affect its trustworthiness and acceptance in human-robot
collaboration? We investigate how the perception of erroneous robot behavior may …

As robots work in increasingly collaborative settings with humans, scenarios will arise where
robots need to successfully request favors to be effective. Communication directness and …

In an effort to increase the acceptance and persuasiveness of socially assistive robots in
home and healthcare environments, HRI researchers attempt to identify factors that promote …

Researchers continue to devise creative ways to explore the extent to which people
perceive robots as social agents, as opposed to objects. One such approach involves asking …