Linda Onnasch
Biographic Data
| ID | 5124243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Onnasch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Onnasch |
| SIGNATURE | ONNASCH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2086-774X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Trust(worthiness) Issues with Trust in Human–Robot Interaction
Trust is a very popular concept in Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) to explain why and how people interact with robots. However, the definition of trust and the methods used to study the concept vary widely, often leading to confusion instead of insight. In this position paper, we discuss possible reasons for the confusion and disagreement by reviewing theory and methods. Our main criticism is that HRI researchers have recently taken an oversimplifi…
Trust the Explanation or my Expectation? Effects of Output Accuracy and Explanations on Expectation Violations and Trust in AI-Supported Decisions
Inaccurate AI outputs led to expectation violations. • Expectation violations mediated the effects of AI output accuracy on trust. • Explanations did not moderate the link between accuracy and expectation violations. • For inaccurate AI outputs, explanations led to more trusting behavior. Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly support decision-making, but their outputs may be inaccurate. Prior research has suggested that expla…
Gender Encoding in Industrial Robots: All Work, No Play, and No Significant Differences
Encoding gender in robots is a common practice, especially in social contexts where robots usually have a higher degree of anthropomorphic design. However, even industrial robots, traditionally having a lower degree of anthropomorphic design, are sometimes imbued with gender cues, like male or female names or stereotypical colors. This practice persists despite limited research exploring the implications of gender encoding in industrial settings.…
Explaining AI weaknesses improves human–AI performance in a dynamic control task
AI-based decision support is increasingly implemented to support operators in dynamic control tasks. While these systems continuously improve, to truly achieve human–system synergy, one must also study humans’ system understanding and behavior. Accordingly, we investigated the impact of explainability instructions regarding a specific system weakness on performance and trust in two experiments (with higher task demands in Experiment 2). Participa…
Multidimensional Measurement of Robot Morphology (RoMo): English Translation and Validation of the RoMo Questionnaire Series
A robot’s morphology fundamentally influences people’s expectations and attitudes in human-robot interaction. To accurately capture variations in morphology a validated measurement is required. Hence, we translated the German Multidimensional Questionnaires for Assessing Perceived Robot Morphology (RoMo) to English and evaluated the English version. The RoMo series consists of three questionnaires measuring perceived anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, …
Affect-Enhancing Speech Characteristics for Robotic Communication
The attribution of mind to others, either humans or artificial agents, can be conceptualized along two dimensions: experience and agency. These dimensions are crucial in interactions with robots, influencing how they are perceived and treated by humans. Specifically, a higher attribution of agency to robots is associated with greater perceived responsibility, while a higher attribution of experience enhances sympathy towards them. One potential s…
Adaptable automation for a more human-centered work design? Effects on human perception and behavior
This experiment systematically examines whether, in safety-critical environments such as Air Traffic Control, the negative effects of increasing automation associated with static automation concepts can be mitigated by adaptable automation. Adaptable automation is a form of flexible automation in which the human operator (rather than the system as in adaptive automation) can decide when and to what extent to delegate tasks. A special focus is on …
The dynamics of human–robot trust attitude and behavior — Exploring the effects of anthropomorphism and type of failure
(Hu)man-Like Robots: The Impact of Anthropomorphism and Language on Perceived Robot Gender
Implementing anthropomorphic features to robots is a frequently used approach to create positive perceptions in human–robot interaction. However, anthropomorphism does not always lead to positive consequences and might trigger a more gendered perception of robots. More precisely, anthropomorphic features of robots seem to evoke a male-robot bias. Yet, it is unclear if this bias is induced via a male appearance of higher anthropomorphic robots, a …
Embodiment Matters in Social HRI Research: Effectiveness of Anthropomorphism on Subjective and Objective Outcomes
Anthropomorphism, as a design feature of robots, is widely applied to enhance human-robot interaction in the social domain. Current knowledge of how anthropomorphism influences perception, attitudes, and actual behavior is gained via research with depicted and embodied robots. However, it remains unclear how comparable gained insights of both approaches are. Results of a current meta-analysis suggest that anthropomorphism positively influences su…
Why Context Matters: The Influence of Application Domain on Preferred Degree of Anthropomorphism and Gender Attribution in Human–Robot Interaction
The application of anthropomorphic design features is widely believed to facilitate human–robot interaction. However, the preference for robots’ anthropomorphism is highly context sensitive, as different application domains induce different expectations towards robots. In this study the influence of application domain on the preferred degree of anthropomorphism is examined. Moreover, as anthropomorphic design can reinforce existing gender stereot…
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction
This meta-analysis quantifies whether and under which circumstances anthropomorphic features of robots facilitate HRI.
Appearance is not everything - Preferred feature combinations for care robots
Impact of Anthropomorphic Robot Design on Trust and Attention in Industrial Human-Robot Interaction
The application of anthropomorphic features to robots is generally considered beneficial for human-robot interaction (HRI ). Although previous research has mainly focused on social robots, the phenomenon gains increasing attention in industrial human-Robot interaction as well. In this study, the impact of anthropomorphic design of a collaborative industrial robot on the dynamics of trust and visual attention allocation was examined. Participants …
Teammitglied oder Werkzeug – Der Einfluss anthropomorpher Gestaltung in der Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion
A Taxonomy to Structure and Analyze Human–Robot Interaction
Robotic systems are one of the core technologies that will shape our future. Robots already change our private and professional life by working together with humans in various domains. Evoked by this increasing trend, great variability exists in terms of robots and interaction scenarios. This has boosted research regarding shaping factors of human–robot interaction (HRI). Nevertheless, this variety hinders the comparability and the generalizabili…
A Taxonomy to Structure and Analyze Human–Robot Interaction
Robotic systems are one of the core technologies that will shape our future. Robots already change our private and professional life by working together with humans in various domains. Evoked by this increasing trend, great variability exists in terms of robots and interaction scenarios. This has boosted research regarding shaping factors of human–robot interaction (HRI). Nevertheless, this variety hinders the comparability and the generalizabili…
Why Context Matters: The Influence of Application Domain on Preferred Degree of Anthropomorphism and Gender Attribution in Human–Robot Interaction
The application of anthropomorphic design features is widely believed to facilitate human–robot interaction. However, the preference for robots’ anthropomorphism is highly context sensitive, as different application domains induce different expectations towards robots. In this study the influence of application domain on the preferred degree of anthropomorphism is examined. Moreover, as anthropomorphic design can reinforce existing gender stereot…
Impact of Anthropomorphic Robot Design on Trust and Attention in Industrial Human-Robot Interaction
The application of anthropomorphic features to robots is generally considered beneficial for human-robot interaction (HRI ). Although previous research has mainly focused on social robots, the phenomenon gains increasing attention in industrial human-Robot interaction as well. In this study, the impact of anthropomorphic design of a collaborative industrial robot on the dynamics of trust and visual attention allocation was examined. Participants …
Appearance is not everything - Preferred feature combinations for care robots
Embodiment Matters in Social HRI Research: Effectiveness of Anthropomorphism on Subjective and Objective Outcomes
Anthropomorphism, as a design feature of robots, is widely applied to enhance human-robot interaction in the social domain. Current knowledge of how anthropomorphism influences perception, attitudes, and actual behavior is gained via research with depicted and embodied robots. However, it remains unclear how comparable gained insights of both approaches are. Results of a current meta-analysis suggest that anthropomorphism positively influences su…
(Hu)man-Like Robots: The Impact of Anthropomorphism and Language on Perceived Robot Gender
Implementing anthropomorphic features to robots is a frequently used approach to create positive perceptions in human–robot interaction. However, anthropomorphism does not always lead to positive consequences and might trigger a more gendered perception of robots. More precisely, anthropomorphic features of robots seem to evoke a male-robot bias. Yet, it is unclear if this bias is induced via a male appearance of higher anthropomorphic robots, a …
Teammitglied oder Werkzeug – Der Einfluss anthropomorpher Gestaltung in der Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion
A Taxonomy to Structure and Analyze Human–Robot Interaction
Robotic systems are one of the core technologies that will shape our future. Robots already change our private and professional life by working together with humans in various domains. Evoked by this increasing trend, great variability exists in terms of robots and interaction scenarios. This has boosted research regarding shaping factors of human–robot interaction (HRI). Nevertheless, this variety hinders the comparability and the generalizabili…
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction
This meta-analysis quantifies whether and under which circumstances anthropomorphic features of robots facilitate HRI.
Appearance is not everything - Preferred feature combinations for care robots
Impact of Anthropomorphic Robot Design on Trust and Attention in Industrial Human-Robot Interaction
The application of anthropomorphic features to robots is generally considered beneficial for human-robot interaction (HRI ). Although previous research has mainly focused on social robots, the phenomenon gains increasing attention in industrial human-Robot interaction as well. In this study, the impact of anthropomorphic design of a collaborative industrial robot on the dynamics of trust and visual attention allocation was examined. Participants …
Embodiment Matters in Social HRI Research: Effectiveness of Anthropomorphism on Subjective and Objective Outcomes
Anthropomorphism, as a design feature of robots, is widely applied to enhance human-robot interaction in the social domain. Current knowledge of how anthropomorphism influences perception, attitudes, and actual behavior is gained via research with depicted and embodied robots. However, it remains unclear how comparable gained insights of both approaches are. Results of a current meta-analysis suggest that anthropomorphism positively influences su…
Why Context Matters: The Influence of Application Domain on Preferred Degree of Anthropomorphism and Gender Attribution in Human–Robot Interaction
The application of anthropomorphic design features is widely believed to facilitate human–robot interaction. However, the preference for robots’ anthropomorphism is highly context sensitive, as different application domains induce different expectations towards robots. In this study the influence of application domain on the preferred degree of anthropomorphism is examined. Moreover, as anthropomorphic design can reinforce existing gender stereot…
(Hu)man-Like Robots: The Impact of Anthropomorphism and Language on Perceived Robot Gender
Implementing anthropomorphic features to robots is a frequently used approach to create positive perceptions in human–robot interaction. However, anthropomorphism does not always lead to positive consequences and might trigger a more gendered perception of robots. More precisely, anthropomorphic features of robots seem to evoke a male-robot bias. Yet, it is unclear if this bias is induced via a male appearance of higher anthropomorphic robots, a …
Adaptable automation for a more human-centered work design? Effects on human perception and behavior
This experiment systematically examines whether, in safety-critical environments such as Air Traffic Control, the negative effects of increasing automation associated with static automation concepts can be mitigated by adaptable automation. Adaptable automation is a form of flexible automation in which the human operator (rather than the system as in adaptive automation) can decide when and to what extent to delegate tasks. A special focus is on …
The dynamics of human–robot trust attitude and behavior — Exploring the effects of anthropomorphism and type of failure
Gender Encoding in Industrial Robots: All Work, No Play, and No Significant Differences
Encoding gender in robots is a common practice, especially in social contexts where robots usually have a higher degree of anthropomorphic design. However, even industrial robots, traditionally having a lower degree of anthropomorphic design, are sometimes imbued with gender cues, like male or female names or stereotypical colors. This practice persists despite limited research exploring the implications of gender encoding in industrial settings.…
Explaining AI weaknesses improves human–AI performance in a dynamic control task
AI-based decision support is increasingly implemented to support operators in dynamic control tasks. While these systems continuously improve, to truly achieve human–system synergy, one must also study humans’ system understanding and behavior. Accordingly, we investigated the impact of explainability instructions regarding a specific system weakness on performance and trust in two experiments (with higher task demands in Experiment 2). Participa…
Multidimensional Measurement of Robot Morphology (RoMo): English Translation and Validation of the RoMo Questionnaire Series
A robot’s morphology fundamentally influences people’s expectations and attitudes in human-robot interaction. To accurately capture variations in morphology a validated measurement is required. Hence, we translated the German Multidimensional Questionnaires for Assessing Perceived Robot Morphology (RoMo) to English and evaluated the English version. The RoMo series consists of three questionnaires measuring perceived anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, …
Affect-Enhancing Speech Characteristics for Robotic Communication
The attribution of mind to others, either humans or artificial agents, can be conceptualized along two dimensions: experience and agency. These dimensions are crucial in interactions with robots, influencing how they are perceived and treated by humans. Specifically, a higher attribution of agency to robots is associated with greater perceived responsibility, while a higher attribution of experience enhances sympathy towards them. One potential s…
Trust(worthiness) Issues with Trust in Human–Robot Interaction
Trust is a very popular concept in Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) to explain why and how people interact with robots. However, the definition of trust and the methods used to study the concept vary widely, often leading to confusion instead of insight. In this position paper, we discuss possible reasons for the confusion and disagreement by reviewing theory and methods. Our main criticism is that HRI researchers have recently taken an oversimplifi…
Trust the Explanation or my Expectation? Effects of Output Accuracy and Explanations on Expectation Violations and Trust in AI-Supported Decisions
Inaccurate AI outputs led to expectation violations. • Expectation violations mediated the effects of AI output accuracy on trust. • Explanations did not moderate the link between accuracy and expectation violations. • For inaccurate AI outputs, explanations led to more trusting behavior. Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly support decision-making, but their outputs may be inaccurate. Prior research has suggested that expla…
Social Robot Interaction and HRI (12 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Robot (10 works) · Artificial Intelligence (9 works) · AI in Service Interactions (7 works) · Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (7 works) · Human–computer interaction (7 works) · Human–robot interaction (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works)