Effects of a Social Robot's Autonomy and Group Orientation on Human Decision-Making
Open Access
- 19 December 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
- Vol. 2013, 1-13
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/263721
Abstract
Social attributes of intelligent robots are important for human-robot systems. This paper investigates influences of robot autonomy (i.e., high versus low) and group orientation (i.e., ingroup versus outgroup) on a human decision-making process. We conducted a laboratory experiment with 48 college students and tested the hypotheses with MANCOVA. We find that a robot with high autonomy has greater influence on human decisions than a robot with low autonomy. No significant effect is found on group orientation or on the interaction between group orientation and autonomy level. The results provide implications for social robot design.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71031005, 71188001)
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