Autonomous Agent Teammate-Likeness: Scale Development and Validation

The current paper examined the construct of Autonomy Agent Teammate Likeness (AAT). Advanced technologies have the potential to serve as teammates versus as mere tools during tasks involving human partners, yet little research has been done to quantify the factors that shape teaming perceptions in a human-machine domain. The current study used a large online sample to test a set of candidate measures related to the AAT model. Psychometric analyses were used to gauge their utility. The results demonstrate initial support for the validity of the AAT model.