THRIVE++: Trust and Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  THRIVE++: Trust and Theory of Mind (ToM) Experiments in Human-Robot Interaction

• IRAS ID

  243596

• Contact name

  Angelo Cangelosi

• Contact email

  angelo.cangelosi@manchester.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Air Force Office of Scientific Research

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 11 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  The THRIVE++ project aims to investigate people’s perception of the robot’s Theory of Mind (i.e. the robot's understanding of the people's intentions) and how this perception affects the interaction with the robot companion. This will be achieved through a set of human-robot interaction studies where people interact with a robot with varying (incremental) theory of mind capabilities, as well as with social gaze and collaborative interaction scenarios.
  The study uses two interaction protocols: (i) the Price Game, where the participant has to choose the right price of items being presented by the robot, including cases in which the robot challenges the choice of the participant; and (ii) the Investment Game, where the participant and the robot simulate a turn-taking investment game.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/YH/0120

• Date of REC Opinion

  11 May 2018

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion