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| contents | <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">The ROBOTEAM project investigated the relational and psychosocial dimensions of human–cobot collaboration in small work groups, within the human-centric framework of Industry 5.0. The project focused specifically on how the introduction of a collaborative robot (cobot) reshapes team dynamics, trust, role perception, and sense of belonging in many-to-one configurations, and on how task allocation between human workers and the cobot moderates these effects.</p> <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">The research unfolded across three main phases. A PRISMA systematic literature review mapped the theoretical landscape of multi-agent human–robot interaction, revealing a marked scarcity of psychosocially oriented studies. Two pilot studies (n = 7 HCI experts; n = 18 participants) validated an experimental paradigm based on simulated assembly tasks varying in cognitive demand and repetitiveness, and provided preliminary evidence that task nature and individual attitudes toward robots shape anticipatory emotional responses and delegation preferences. Results suggested that highly cohesive groups may paradoxically show greater symbolic resistance to cobot inclusion, and that negative attitudes toward robots exert stronger influence on emotional responses than positive ones — a potential negativity asymmetry.</p> <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">A main laboratory experiment (N = 90 manufacturing workers) then employed a multimodal mixed-methods approach integrating questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, behavioral video analysis, cardiac signal recordings (Polar H10), and eye-tracking (Pupil Labs Neon). Preliminary findings indicate that cobot presence does not substantially disrupt human collaborative climate or peer trust, but produces subtler modulations in activation levels, work pace, and inter-agent trust attribution. Trust toward the cobot remained significantly lower than trust toward human colleagues, confirming that human–robot trust-building remains a central challenge for hybrid team integration. Spatial proximity and direct visual contact with the cobot also appeared to influence task execution speed, opening new lines of inquiry into proxemics in human–robot configurations.</p> <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">The project produced one conference paper presented at CHI 2026, oral presentations at EAWOP 2025, CHIWORK 2025, AIP 2025, iNEST Virtualia II, and ICAP 2026. At least two journal articles will be published. Future research should extend findings to larger and more diverse industrial samples and explore long-term effects of sustained human–cobot collaboration on well-being and team cohesion.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | RELAZIONE TECNICO SCIENTIFICA - ROBOTEAM: Robotica collaborativa many-to-one: dinamiche sociali e relazionali in team ibridi di ultima generazione Nenna, Federica <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">The ROBOTEAM project investigated the relational and psychosocial dimensions of human–cobot collaboration in small work groups, within the human-centric framework of Industry 5.0. The project focused specifically on how the introduction of a collaborative robot (cobot) reshapes team dynamics, trust, role perception, and sense of belonging in many-to-one configurations, and on how task allocation between human workers and the cobot moderates these effects.</p> <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">The research unfolded across three main phases. A PRISMA systematic literature review mapped the theoretical landscape of multi-agent human–robot interaction, revealing a marked scarcity of psychosocially oriented studies. Two pilot studies (n = 7 HCI experts; n = 18 participants) validated an experimental paradigm based on simulated assembly tasks varying in cognitive demand and repetitiveness, and provided preliminary evidence that task nature and individual attitudes toward robots shape anticipatory emotional responses and delegation preferences. Results suggested that highly cohesive groups may paradoxically show greater symbolic resistance to cobot inclusion, and that negative attitudes toward robots exert stronger influence on emotional responses than positive ones — a potential negativity asymmetry.</p> <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">A main laboratory experiment (N = 90 manufacturing workers) then employed a multimodal mixed-methods approach integrating questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, behavioral video analysis, cardiac signal recordings (Polar H10), and eye-tracking (Pupil Labs Neon). Preliminary findings indicate that cobot presence does not substantially disrupt human collaborative climate or peer trust, but produces subtler modulations in activation levels, work pace, and inter-agent trust attribution. Trust toward the cobot remained significantly lower than trust toward human colleagues, confirming that human–robot trust-building remains a central challenge for hybrid team integration. Spatial proximity and direct visual contact with the cobot also appeared to influence task execution speed, opening new lines of inquiry into proxemics in human–robot configurations.</p> <p class="my-2 [&+p]:mt-4 [&_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2">The project produced one conference paper presented at CHI 2026, oral presentations at EAWOP 2025, CHIWORK 2025, AIP 2025, iNEST Virtualia II, and ICAP 2026. At least two journal articles will be published. Future research should extend findings to larger and more diverse industrial samples and explore long-term effects of sustained human–cobot collaboration on well-being and team cohesion.</p> |
| title | RELAZIONE TECNICO SCIENTIFICA - ROBOTEAM: Robotica collaborativa many-to-one: dinamiche sociali e relazionali in team ibridi di ultima generazione |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20184097 |