From Fiction to Friction: Abusing Autonomous Mobile Robots.

This study explores dehumanization's role in aggression toward food delivery robots. Using Haslam’s model, experiment 1 linked dehumanization to unprovoked violence, while experiment 2 manipulated framing, revealing increased aggression toward dehumanized robots. Findings suggest parallels between human-human and human-robot interactions, emphasizing the need for ethical frameworks to ensure respectful coexistence.