The interaction between robot appearance and task on trust was only marginal, suggesting appearance may slightly modulate expectations without determining trust¶
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q3 i1 The ROBOT × TASK interaction on trust was marginal (η² = .036), indicating a limited combined influence of robot type and task context. → Anna-Maria Velentza 2026
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Anna-Maria Velentza 2026¶
Anna-Maria Velentza, Konstantina Nikou, Anne-Gwenn Bosser, Nikolaos Fachantidis. (2026). What Robots Do Matters More Than What They Look Like: Task Context Shapes Trust in Educational HRI. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22What+Robots+Do+Matters+More+Than+What+They+Look+Like%22 doi:10.1109/ro-man72286.2026.11714558
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Repeated-measures ANOVA interaction term in the N = 81 video-based experiment; sphericity was violated for the interaction (p<.001) and Greenhouse–Geisser and Huynh–Feldt corrections were applied. The printed effect size is "η2 = .036".
"The ROBOT x TASK interaction was marginal F (2.94, 232.64) p = .034, η2 = .036, suggesting a limited combined influence of robot type and task context on trust ratings (see Fig. 4)."
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The interaction between robot appearance and task on trust was only marginal, suggesting appearance may slightly modulate expectations without determining trust |
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The interaction between robot appearance and task on trust was only marginal, suggesting appearance may slightly modulate expectations without determining trust |
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