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How Context and Design Shape Human-Robot Trust and Attributions

philipp — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:17:12 +0000

How Context and Design Shape Human-Robot Trust and Attributions philipp Thu, 09/10/2020 - 15:17

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In increasingly digitized working and living environments, human-robot collaboration is growing fast with human trust towards robotic collaboration as a key factor for the innovative teamwork to succeed.
This article explores the impact of design factors of the robotic interface (anthropomorphic vs. functional) and usage context (production vs. care) on human-robot trust and attributions.

The results of a scenario-based survey with $N=228$ participants showed a higher willingness to collaborate with production robots compared to care.
Context and design influenced the trust attributed to the robots: Robots with a technical appearance in production were trusted more than anthropomorphic robots or robots in the care context.
The evaluation of attributions by means of a semantic differential showed that differences in robot design were less pronounced for the production context in comparison to the care context. In the latter, anthropomorphic robots were associated with positive attributes.

The results contribute to a better understanding of the complex nature of trust in automation. They can be used to identify and shape use case specific risk perceptions as well as perceived opportunities to interacting with collaborative robots.
Findings of this study are pertinent to research (e.g., experts in human-robot interaction) and industry with special regard given to the technical development and design.

Biermann, H., Brauner, P., & Ziefle, M. (2021). How context and design shape human-robot trust and attributions, Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 12(1), 74-86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2021-0008

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https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2021-0008

Preliminary Findings of a Gender and Diversity Screening at a Technical University: Impressions of the Project “IGaDtools4MINT”

philipp — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:24:55 +0000

Preliminary Findings of a Gender and Diversity Screening at a Technical University: Impressions of the Project “IGaDtools4MINT” philipp Mon, 08/17/2020 - 13:24

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In the paper at hand the project design of “IGaDtools4MINT”, a research project aiming to promote gender and diversity aspects as well as an opening of the faculty culture of computer science, is introduced. A first approximation on the reasons why women tend to study computer science and other MINT/STEM-subjects far less often than men will be given. Moreover, results of an initial survey of first semester students of computer science and impressions of a qualitative participant observation of different introductory courses of computer science at RWTH Aachen University are interpreted and discussed. The results of the evaluation allow for the assumption that efforts for the creation of a gender and diversity friendly environment which is a basic factor for the attraction of non-traditional, diverse students are visible but that these efforts to a large extent lack a coherent strategy and gender and diversity sensitivity to contribute to a sustainable structural and cultural change process within the department of computer science.

Apel, R., Berg, T., Holz, J., Brauner, P., Schroeder, U., Leicht-Scholten, C.: Preliminary Findings of a Gender and Diversity Screening at a Technical University: Impressions of the Project “IGaDtools4MINT” In: Heiß, H.-U., Pepper, P., Schlingloff, H., and Schneider, J. (eds.) Proceedings Informatik 2011 - Informatik schafft Communities 04.-07. Oktober 2011. p. 369. Köllen, Gesellschaft für Informatik (2011).

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