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Affect-Based Trust Estimation in Human-Robot Collaboration: Establishing a correlation between physiological response and human trust in robots.

Authors

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Term

4. term

Education

Publication year

2019

Pages

44

Abstract

I dette projekt undersøgte vi, om menneskers fysiologiske reaktioner hænger sammen med deres tillid til en robot under menneske‑robot‑samarbejde, og hvordan robottens bevægelseshastighed påvirker samspillet. Vi målte galvanisk hudrespons (hudledning), puls, pupildilatation og kropssprog for at vurdere følelsesmæssig aktivering og sammenlignede disse signaler med deltagernes subjektive vurderinger af robottens præstation og adfærd. Resultaterne viste ingen statistisk signifikant sammenhæng mellem tillid og de fysiologiske mål. Til gengæld havde hastighed betydning: Når robotten nærmede sig en person eller trak sig væk, havde dens hastighed en tydelig indvirkning på samspillet.

This project examined whether people’s physiological responses are linked to their trust in a robot during human‑robot collaboration, and how the robot’s movement speed affects the interaction. We recorded galvanic skin response (skin conductance), heart rate, pupil dilation, and body language to estimate emotional arousal, and compared these signals with participants’ subjective evaluations of the robot’s performance and behavior. The results showed no statistically significant correlation between trust and the physiological measures. However, speed mattered: when the robot directly approached a person or moved away, its speed had a clear impact on the interaction.

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