On the Flexibility of Robot Social Identity Performance: Benefits, Ethical Risks and Open Research Questions for HRI

Katie Winkle and Ryan Blake Jackson and Alexa Bejarano and Tom Williams

Workshop on Robo-Identity: Artificial identity and multi-embodiment at HRI 2021

In this article, we reflect on this concept of (robot) social identity performance and its importance in HRI, identifying a number of discussion points and further research questions relating to these under-explored topics. We further question whether we HRI practitioners can go beyond risk avoidance and instead actively leverage robot identity performance to challenge existing norms.