Unveiling the Bond: How Embodied Mind Perception Shapes Human-Robot Attachment

Embodied intelligent robots, as humanlike social actors, can rapidly comprehend users’ intentions and emotions in diverse environments from a first-person perspective and conduct real-time interactions while providing feedback on users’ needs. This study, based on the attachment theory, explores the influence of embodied mind perception on human-robot attachment. It suggests that perceived trust and perceived social interaction play a dual mediating role in the human-robot attachment relationship, and AI self-efficacy has a moderating effect. It offers a new view to deepen the understanding of the cognitive and emotional schemas, and enriches multiple perspectives for understanding the complex dynamic changes and their derived impacts in the human-robot fusion society.