Measuring Human-Robot Trust with the MDMT (Multi-Dimensional Measure of Trust)

We describe the steps of developing the MDMT (Multi-Dimensional Measure of Trust), an intuitive self-report measure of perceived trustworthiness of various agents (human, robot, animal). We summarize the evidence that led to the original four-dimensional form (v1) and to the most recent five-dimensional form (v2). We examine the measure’s strengths and limitations and point to further necessary validations.