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The role of robots is expanding from tool to collaborator. Socially assistive robots (SARs) are an example of collaborative robots that assist humans in the real world. As robots enter our social sphere, unforeseen risks occur during…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-10 Jimin Rhim , Sonya S. Kwak , Angelica Lim , Jason Millar

We consider scenarios where a worker robot, who may be unaware of the human's exact expectations, may have the incentive to deviate from a preferred plan (e.g. safe but costly) when a human supervisor is not monitoring it. On the other…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Zahra Zahedi , Sailik Sengupta , Subbarao Kambhampati

Trust in autonomy is essential for effective human-robot collaboration and user adoption of autonomous systems such as robot assistants. This paper introduces a computational model which integrates trust into robot decision-making.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-26 Min Chen , Stefanos Nikolaidis , Harold Soh , David Hsu , Siddhartha Srinivasa

Human-Robot Interaction, in which a robot with some level of autonomy interacts with a human to achieve a specific goal has seen much recent progress. With the introduction of autonomous robots and the possibility of widespread use of those…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Maitry Ronakbhai Trivedi , Zahra Rezaei Khavas , Paul Robinette

There is an increasing interest in considering, implementing, and measuring trust in human-robot interaction (HRI). Typically, this centres on influencing user trust within the framing of HRI as a dyadic interaction between robot and user.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-03 David Cameron , Emily C. Collins

Prior human-robot interaction (HRI) research has primarily focused on single-user interactions, where robots do not need to consider the timing or recipient of their responses. However, in multi-party interactions, such as at malls and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-16 He Zhu , Ryo Miyoshi , Yuki Okafuji

The recent revolution of intelligent systems made it possible for robots and autonomous systems to work alongside humans, collaborating with them and supporting them in many domains. It is undeniable that this interaction can have huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Basel Alhaji , Andreas Rausch , Michael Prilla

We present the effect of adapting to human preferences on trust in a human-robot teaming task. The team performs a task in which the robot acts as an action recommender to the human. It is assumed that the behavior of the human and the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Shreyas Bhat , Joseph B. Lyons , Cong Shi , X. Jessie Yang

Human emotions are expressed through multiple modalities, including verbal and non-verbal information. Moreover, the affective states of human users can be the indicator for the level of engagement and successful interaction, suitable for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Baijun Xie , Chung Hyuk Park

This paper presents an exploratory study to understand the relationship between a humans' cognitive load, trust, and anthropomorphism during human-robot interaction. To understand the relationship, we created a \say{Matching the Pair} game…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-09-12 Muneeb Imtiaz Ahmad , Jasmin Bernotat , Katrin Lohan , Friederike Eyssel

With increasing efficiency and reliability, autonomous systems are becoming valuable assistants to humans in various tasks. In the context of robot-assisted delivery, we investigate how robot performance and trust repair strategies impact…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Dong Hae Mangalindan , Karthik Kandikonda , Ericka Rovira , Vaibhav Srivastava

In recent years a modern conceptualization of trust in human-robot interaction (HRI) was introduced by Ullman et al.\cite{ullman2018does}. This new conceptualization of trust suggested that trust between humans and robots is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Zahra Rezaei Khavas , Russell Perkins , S. Reza Ahmadzadeh , Paul Robinette

Human-robot interaction and game theory have developed distinct theories of trust for over three decades in relative isolation from one another. Human-robot interaction has focused on the underlying dimensions, layers, correlates, and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Yosef S. Razin , Karen M. Feigh

In human-robot collaboration (HRC), human trust in the robot is the human expectation that a robot executes tasks with desired performance. A higher-level trust increases the willingness of a human operator to assign tasks, share plans, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Ruijiao Luo , Chao Huang , Yuntao Peng , Boyi Song , Rui Liu

To interact seamlessly with robots, users must infer the causes of a robot's behavior and be confident about that inference. Hence, trust is a necessary condition for human-robot collaboration (HRC). Despite its crucial role, it is largely…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-23 Felix Schoeller , Mark Miller , Roy Salomon , Karl J. Friston

Human trust research uncovered important catalysts for trust building between interaction partners such as appearance or cognitive factors. The introduction of robots into social interactions calls for a reevaluation of these findings and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Anna L. Lange , Murat Kirtay , Verena V. Hafner

Human-robot teams have the ability to perform better across various tasks than human-only and robot-only teams. However, such improvements cannot be realized without proper task allocation. Trust is an important factor in teaming…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Arsha Ali , Hebert Azevedo-Sa , Dawn M. Tilbury , Lionel P. Robert

Mobile robots with some degree of autonomy could deliver significant advantages in high-risk missions such as search and rescue and firefighting. Integrated into a human-robot team (HRT), robots could work effectively to help search…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Nicola Webb , Zijun Huang , Sanja Milivojevic , Chris Baber , Edmund R. Hunt

In human-robot teams, humans often start with an inaccurate model of the robot capabilities. As they interact with the robot, they infer the robot's capabilities and partially adapt to the robot, i.e., they might change their actions based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-06-15 Stefanos Nikolaidis , Swaprava Nath , Ariel D. Procaccia , Siddhartha Srinivasa

Trust is one of the cornerstones of human society. One of the evolutionary pressure mechanisms that may have led to its emergence is the presence of incentives for trustworthy behavior. However, this type of reward has received relatively…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-10 Haidong Zhang , Chaoqian Wang , Shuo Liu , Charo I. del Genio , Stefano Boccaletti , Xin Lu