Monish Reddy Kotturu
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Total Citations
34
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About
Monish Reddy Kotturu is a rising researcher at the forefront of human-robot interaction, specializing in the psychology of trust between humans and autonomous systems. His work critically examines how moral violations—not just performance errors—affect human-robot relationships, pushing the field beyond traditional competence-based definitions of trust. Kotturu’s most influential paper, “Do Humans Trust Robots that Violate Moral Trust?” (2024, 21 citations), establishes a foundational framework for understanding trust breaches in social robotics. He further explores trust repair mechanisms in “The Reason for an Apology Matters for Robot Trust Repair” (2022, 10 citations), demonstrating that the context and sincerity of a robot’s apology significantly influence recovery. His 2025 study, “A Robot Should Compensate for Its Mistakes,” investigates compensation as a repair strategy for collaborative errors. Collectively, Kotturu’s research—garnering over 30 citations—is shaping how engineers design morally aware robots capable of maintaining long-term trust, making his work essential for anyone developing socially integrated AI systems.
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- 1Do Humans Trust Robots that Violate Moral Trust?21 citations · 2024
- 2The Reason for an Apology Matters for Robot Trust Repair10 citations · 2022
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