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Total Citations
576
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About
Emily C. Collins is a prominent researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), social robotics, and robot verification and validation, whose work has fundamentally shaped our understanding of how humans form relationships with robotic systems. With over 400 citations across her most influential publications, Collins has made substantial contributions to the field by exploring the psychological and social dimensions of human-robot dynamics. Her early work examining trust in HRI and attachment to assistive technology laid important conceptual groundwork, while her studies on affective facial expressions in humanoid robots revealed how emotional cues significantly shape children's engagement and perceptions of animacy. Her highly cited 2020 paper on social-cognitive recovery strategies demonstrated how robots can strategically rebuild trust and likability following failures — a critical concern for real-world deployment. Collins's cross-disciplinary approach is a defining hallmark of her scholarship. By drawing parallels between human-robot, human-animal, and human-object interactions, she has helped develop more robust HRI methodologies. Her contributions to inspection robotics and verification challenges further demonstrate her breadth, bridging social and technical dimensions of the field. Through her work on platforms like MIRO, Collins continues to advance socially intelligent, biomimetic robots with meaningful real-world applications.
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- 2An Overview of Verification and Validation Challenges for Inspection Robots60 citations · 2021
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- 7You Made Him Be Alive: Children’s Perceptions of Animacy in a Humanoid Robot33 citations · 2017
- 8MIRO29 citations · 2015
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- 10Attachment to Assistive Technology: A New Conceptualisation19 citations · 2013