Are humans willing to cooperation with robots? Decision-making effects in human-robot cooperation from the perspective of mind perception theory

The digital intelligence technology has reshaped the mode of human-robot cooperation. In order to deeply analyze the psychological mechanism of human-robot cooperative decision-making, based on the theoretical framework of Mind Perception theory, the study explored the influence on human-robot cooperation from the dual path of sense of control and robot anthropomorphism. In Study 1, 59 university student participants were required to complete a Prisoner's Dilemma task with cooperative partners (robot and human) in a high and low sense of control condition. Study 1 employed the Wilcoxon test and found that compared to the low sense of control condition, participants in the high sense of control condition exhibited more cooperative behavior toward robot. under the low sense of control condition, participants made cooperative decisions more quickly than in the high sense of control condition. In Study 2, 130 university students were randomly assigned to either a high or low anthropomorphic robot group, and were required to complete a Prisoner's Dilemma task with high or low anthropomorphic robot. Study 2 employed the Mann-Whitney U test and found that compared to low anthropomorphic robot, participants exhibited more cooperative behavior and faster response times when cooperating with high anthropomorphic robot. These findings not only enhance the theoretical explanatory power of the mind perception theory in human-robot interaction, but also provide empirical evidence for optimizing the social properties of robots and the design of interaction interfaces.