Who is Willing to Help Robots? A User Study on Collaboration Attitude
In order to operate in human-populated environments, robots need to show reasonable behaviors and human-compatible abilities. In the so-called Symbiotic Autonomy, robots and humans help each other to overcome mutual limitations and complete their tasks. When the robot takes the initiative and asks the human for help, there is a change of perspective in the interaction, which has not yet been specifically addressed by HRI studies. In this paper, we investigate the novel scenario brought about by Symbiotic Autonomy, by addressing the factors that may influence the interaction.