Belief in sharing the same phenomenological experience increases the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance towards a humanoid robot

Marchesi, Serena; Tommaso, Davide De; Perez-Osorio, Jairo; Wykowska, Agnieszka

doi:10.31234/osf.io/te8rb

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“…These results extend evidence that sharing a task with a robotic partner can influence the way we perceive it, by changing our likelihood of adopting the intentional stance toward it [20] [21] [22]. Importantly, while in our task participants and the robot had a shared goal (detection of the target) there was no reward (for example earning points, as in [21]) associated with achieving the goal.…”

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“…Previous studies on task sharing with artificial agents show that the perceived intentionality of an artificial co-agent can influence the extent to which joint representations are formed with the co-agent during the interaction [10] [5] [6], which successively may affect performance in the task. Furthermore, previous results have also shown that the likelihood of attributing intentionality to a humanoid robot can be influenced through interaction with the robot [21] [20] [22].…”

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“…For instance, Abubshait and colleagues [21] showed that when participants performed an object categorization task in the presence of iCub, they showed an increase in their likelihood of adopting intentional stance towards the robot when the task was framed as cooperative but not when it was framed as individualistic [21]. Moreover, Marchesi and colleagues [22] showed that performing a task designed to be socially bonding, with the robot iCub, increased the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance towards the robot. This led us to the idea that the link between intentionality attribution and the formation of shared representations might also exist in the opposite direction.…”

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Task sharing with the humanoid robot iCub increases the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance

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Ciardo³

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When acting together with another human agent, humans form shared representations with their partner in order to predict and adjust to their partner’s behaviors and ensure a smooth and efficient joint action. Previous work has shown that humans do not form shared representations when acting with partners they do not perceive as intentional, such as computers or robots. In the current study, we investigated the effect in the opposite direction: we asked whether engaging in a task with the humanoid robot iCub, in order to achieve a shared goal, could influence the perceived intentionality of the robot. In our study, participants completed a target tracking and detection task with iCub, in which each agent fulfilled different but complementary roles, thus sharing the task. Participants’ likelihood of perceiving the robot as intentional was assessed before and after the interaction. Results showed that participants were more likely to perceive iCub as an intentional agent after they shared the task with it, suggesting that interacting with a robot to achieve a common goal promotes attribution of intentionality toward the robot.I. INTRODUCTION

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“…Concerning the study at hand, it was a challenge to account for various individual differences due to the limited sample size as individual difference study require large sample sizes [17]. It is also equally important to mention that we cannot state that this effect can be generalized to other settings due to the fact that robot features appearance [18], [47], robot behavior [15], [17], social/nonsocial context [10], [18] all influence how we engage with a robot. Thus, the interaction between these variables needs to be kept in mind when designing these robots.…”

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Perceptions of a robot’s mental states influence performance in a collaborative task for males and females differently

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Abubshait²,

Tommaso³

et al. 2023

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With the increasing use of social robots andautomated machines in our daily lives, roboticists need to designrobots that are suitable for human-robot collaboration. Priorwork suggests that robots that are perceived to be intentional(i.e., are able to experience mental life capacities), can, in mostcases, positively affect human-robot collaboration. With studieshighlighting the importance of individual differences and howthey drive our perception. We aimed to investigate howindividual differences in gender moderate the relationshipbetween subjective perceptions of robots and behavioralperformance in a human-robot collaborative task. Participantsrated a humanoid robot (i.e., iCub) on whether it can experiencemental life capacities and completed a collaborative task with it.We correlated their subjective ratings with the completion timeof the collaborative task and found a positive correlationbetween perceiving iCub to experience basic and social emotionwith their performance (i.e., movement times). This relationship,however, was evident for males but not females. The results ofthis study suggest that perceiving humanoid robots as capable ofexperiencing mental states influences collaborative performancedifferently depending on gender. These findings can be relevantfor the field of social robotics and to successfully design robotinteraction partners for workplaces.

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“…Robots, on the other hand, were evaluated with low scores on the Body and Heart subscales, but higher scores on Mind. More importantly for social robotics, researchers suggest that this baseline perception of mind/mental capacities/intentionality can be altered by manipulating three categories of factors including (a) robot features [15]- [17] (b) the context of the HRI [10], [18] and (c) individual differences [9], [12], [13].…”

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Perceptions of a robot’s mental states influence performance in a collaborative task for males and females differently

Siri¹,

Abubshait²,

Tommaso³

et al. 2022

2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

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With the increasing use of social robots and automated machines in our daily lives, roboticists need to design robots that are suitable for human-robot collaboration. Prior work suggests that robots that are perceived to be intentional (i.e., are able to experience mental life capacities), can, in most cases, positively affect human-robot collaboration. With studies highlighting the importance of individual differences and how they drive our perception, we aimed to investigate how individual differences in gender moderate the relationship between subjective perceptions of robots and behavioral performance in a human-robot collaborative task. Participants rated a humanoid robot (i.e., iCub) on whether it can experience mental life capacities and completed a collaborative task with it. We correlated their subjective ratings with the completion time of the collaborative task and found a positive correlation between perceiving iCub to experience basic and social emotion with their performance (i.e., movement times). This relationship, however, was evident for males but not females. The results of this study suggest that perceiving a humanoid robot as capable of experiencing mental states can influence the human-robot collaborative performance and that this effect is modulated by individual differences in gender. These findings can be relevant for the field of social robotics and to successfully design robot interaction partners for workplaces.

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Belief in sharing the same phenomenological experience increases the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance towards a humanoid robot

Cited by 7 publications

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Task sharing with the humanoid robot iCub increases the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance

Task sharing with the humanoid robot iCub increases the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance

Perceptions of a robot’s mental states influence performance in a collaborative task for males and females differently

Perceptions of a robot’s mental states influence performance in a collaborative task for males and females differently

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