Cited by 468Social Robot Interaction and HRIHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics

Overtrust of robots in emergency evacuation scenarios

Robinette, Paul, Li, Wenchen, Allen, Robert, Howard, Ayanna M., Wagner, Alan R.·2016·2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

Abstract

Robots have the potential to save lives in emergency scenarios, but could have an equally disastrous effect if participants overtrust them. To explore this concept, we performed an experiment where a participant interacts with a robot in a non-emergency task to experience its behavior and then chooses whether to follow the robot's instructions in an emergency or not. Artificial smoke and fire alarms were used to add a sense of urgency. To our surprise, all 26 participants followed the robot in the emergency, despite half observing the same robot perform poorly in a navigation guidance task just minutes before. We performed additional exploratory studies investigating different failure modes. Even when the robot pointed to a dark room with no discernible exit the majority of people did not choose to safely exit the way they entered.

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Authors
Robinette, P., Li, W., Allen, R., Howard, A. M., & Wagner, A. R.
Affiliations
Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Venue
2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2016-03
Pages
101-108
OpenAlex
W4254148040
Cited by
468
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 33 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 71 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 4
FWCI
48.41
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
Keywords
trust in robots, emergency evacuation, human-robot interaction, guidance and navigation, emergency response

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