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UMSI Research. Repairing Trust in Robots?: A Meta-analysis of HRI Trust Repair Studies with a No-Repair Condition. Connor Esterwood, PhD Candidate. Lionel Robert, Professor.

Study finds robots struggle to repair broken human trust

04/14/2025

New research by UMSI PhD candidate Connor Esterwood finds that when robots mess up, saying ‘sorry’ to humans helps, but only a little. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Focus on AI. Robot Power, Emotion AI, Superchats. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Robot Power | Emotion AI | Superchats: AI in Focus

03/28/2025

UMSI research on artificial intelligence. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. What are you doing, TikTok? | Dragons made of seaweed. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

What are you doing, TikTok? | Dragons made of seaweed: UMSI Research Roundup

03/26/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. TikTok, Media Storms, Algorithms. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Media Storms | TikTok | Algorithms: UMSI Research Roundup

01/29/2024

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UMSI research roundup. Wealth redistribution. Virtual Care. News Consumtion. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Wealth redistribution | virtual care | news consumption: UMSI Research Roundup

09/20/2023

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UMSI research roundup. Wildfires, privacy and digital health. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Wildfires, Privacy and Digital Health: UMSI Research Roundup

08/21/2023

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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UMSI Research Roundup: Afrofuturism, Bullhorns and Robotics. Check out UMSI and PhD student publications.

Afrofuturism, Bullhorns and Robotics: UMSI Research Roundup

07/26/2023

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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A man in safety glasses and helmet looks at a computer tablet being held by a robot. They are standing in a factory.

Robot: I'm sorry. Human: I don't care anymore!

02/02/2023

Humans are less forgiving of robots after multiple mistakes—and the trust is difficult to get back.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Robots, salad and anthropomorphism. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. umsi.info/news

Robots, salad and anthropomorphism: UMSI research roundup

01/31/2023

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