Robot in Charge: A Relational Study Investigating Human-Robot Dyads with Differences in Interpersonal Dominance

Li, Jamy; Ju, Wendy G; Nass, Clifford I

Abstract

We present a controlled experiment exploring how people respond to video stimuli that depict relationships between humans and robots. How participants observed differences in interpersonal dominance in a human-robot pair was investigated using a "relational" study methodology. Participants were more trusting of and more attracted to both the robot and the person in a human-robot relationship where the robot was less dominant than the person compared to vice versa. These differences were not found for a human pair control condition, in which participants watched the same sequence of videos with two human confederates. Exploratory findings suggest that observers may prefer a person to be in charge and that human-robot relationships may be viewed differently than interpersonal ones.

Citation

Li, J., Ju, W. G., & Nass, C. I. (2015, March). Robot in Charge: A Relational Study Investigating Human-Robot Dyads with Differences in Interpersonal Dominance. Presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Portland, Oregon

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
• Start Date: Mar 2, 2015
• End Date: Mar 5, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Mar 2, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 20, 2025
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 265
• Book Title: HRI'15 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Extended Abstracts
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2701973.2702092
• Keywords: authority, dominance, human-robot relationships, social robots
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/4181086