@inproceedings{97983679871a44b2b022d518af489623,
title = "Effects of Perceived Robot Autonomy and Personal Differences on Trust in Human-Robot Interactions",
abstract = "Trust is essential in human-robot interaction (HRI), yet the role of various factors shaping trust remains complex. This study investigated how perceived robot autonomy and individual user traits influence trust. Participants interacted with a Pepper robot in one of two conditions differing in the manipulation of perceived autonomy. Results showed that perceived autonomy affected ratings of the robot{\textquoteright}s sincerity, but did not significantly affect other trust dimensions. Participants{\textquoteright} pre-existing attitudes toward robots were associated with trust perceptions, while personality traits showed no significant influence. These findings suggest that user attitudes may play a more critical role than perceived autonomy in shaping trust during short-term HRI, underscoring the need to personalise robot design based on attitudinal differences.",
author = "Ali Fallahi and Patrick Holthaus and Farshid Amirabdollahian and Gabriella Lakatos",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2026 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-2382-5\_32",
year = "2026",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-95-2382-5\_32",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-981-95-2381-8",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNAI,volume 16132)",
publisher = "Springer Nature ",
pages = "459–471",
booktitle = "Social Robotics: Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Social Robotics",
address = "Netherlands",
}