Human-Robot Trust: Understanding User Perceptions

Human-robot trust is key for effective human-robot interactions. Prior research has explored human-automation and human-robot trust, but further research is still needed. Previously, I investigated human-robot trust between older adults and a care-provider both human and robot which showed that three main factors that influenced trust in the home care provider context were professional skills, personal traits, and communication. One question this study lead to was how do people group and categorize technologies, such as a robot care provider. Current research seeks to explore the dimensions on which people group technologies on by using multidimensional scaling.