Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

6-2023

Abstract

With the desired outcome of social good within the wider robotics ecosystem, trust is identified as the central adhesive of the human–robot interaction (HRI) interface. However, building trust between humans and robots involves more than improving the machine’s technical reliability or trustworthiness in function. This paper presents a holistic, community-based approach to trust-building, where trust is understood as a multifaceted and multi-staged looped relation that depends heavily on context and human perceptions. Building on past literature that identifies dispositional and learned stages of trust, our proposed decision to trust model considers more extensively the human and situational factors influencing how trust manifests within social relations. Priority is given to the human user of technology—the initiator of human—robot trust relations—at all stages of decision-making. The envisioned formation of optimal conditions in which trust emerges requires the collective participation of practitioners, policymakers, and members of the community. With trust facilitating the smooth transition of robots into more socially embedded roles, positive receptivity of the best engineering project arises from the presence of harmonious robot-human trust relations in community spaces.

Keywords

Social robots, Acceptability and trust, Design and human factors, Ethics and governance

Discipline

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Science and Technology Law | Science and Technology Policy

Publication

AI and Society

First Page

1

Last Page

16

ISSN

0951-5666

Identifier

10.1007/s00146-023-01705-1

Publisher

Springer

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01705-1

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