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  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Social Robotics
  • Trust Studies

Background:

  • Existing trust models fail to adequately address social robots.
  • Social robots present unique challenges to trust due to their design and interaction paradigms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To argue for a more robust account of trust in social robots.
  • To identify the role of deception in social robot trust.
  • To propose a new framework for understanding trust in social robots.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of existing trust theories.
  • Examination of the concept of deception in human-robot interaction.
  • Application of the fictional dualism model to social robots.

Main Results:

  • Current trust models are inadequate for social robots.
  • The inherent deception in social robots both enables and threatens trust.
  • Trust in social robots hinges on independent product reliability assessments.

Conclusions:

  • A new theoretical framework is needed for social robot trust.
  • Trust in social robots differs fundamentally from trust in humans.
  • Product reliability is a critical factor for establishing trust in social robots.