• Samuele Vinanzi discusses robot trust dynamics with humans. • Focus on cognitive robotics and emotional intelligence. • Robots can read human intentions and emotions. • Trust influences collaboration and safety in shared spaces. • Research aims to improve human-robot interaction quality.

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  • In episode 144 of Robot Talk, host Claire interviews Samuele Vinanzi, a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, about how robots assess whether to trust or distrust humans. Vinanzi, who leads research in Cognitive Robotics-a blend of robotics, AI, cognitive science, and psychology-explains how his work focuses on emotional intelligence, intention reading, and artificial trust to enable smooth social collaboration between people and machines. He also highlights his recent book, In Robots We Trust, which examines the dynamics of trust relationships that develop between humans and robots. The conversation underscores the growing importance of trust as a foundational element in human‑robot interaction.

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