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A Mentalistic Interface for Probing Folk-Psychological Attribution to Non-Humanoid Robots

Giulio Pisaneschi, Pierpaolo Serio, Estelle Gerbier, Andrea Dan Ryals, Lorenzo Pollini, Mario G. C. A. Cimino

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Published 2026-03-26 · First seen 2026-03-27

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This paper presents an experimental platform for studying intentional-state attribution toward a non-humanoid robot. The system combines a simulated robot, realistic task environments, and large language model-based explanatory layers that can express the same behavior in mentalistic, teleological, or mechanistic terms. By holding behavior constant while varying the explanatory frame, the platform provides a controlled way to investigate how language and framing shape the adoption of the intentional stance in robotics.

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@article{pisaneschi2026mentalistic,
  title = {A Mentalistic Interface for Probing Folk-Psychological Attribution to Non-Humanoid Robots},
  author = {Giulio Pisaneschi and Pierpaolo Serio and Estelle Gerbier and Andrea Dan Ryals and Lorenzo Pollini and Mario G. C. A. Cimino},
  year = {2026},
  abstract = {This paper presents an experimental platform for studying intentional-state attribution toward a non-humanoid robot. The system combines a simulated robot, realistic task environments, and large language model-based explanatory layers that can express the same behavior in mentalistic, teleological, or mechanistic terms. By holding behavior constant while varying the explanatory frame, the platform provides a controlled way to investigate how language and framing shape the adoption of the intenti},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25646},
  keywords = {cs.RO, cs.AI, cs.HC},
  eprint = {2603.25646},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
}

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