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Kasper Rodil is a leading researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI), participatory design, and assistive technology for cognitively impaired individuals. His work fundamentally challenges conventional robot design by centering on co-creation with end-users, particularly elderly residents and people with cognitive disabilities. Rodil’s major contributions include developing user-driven methodologies for social robots in elder care, as demonstrated in his highly cited work "Co-designing social robots with cognitively impaired citizens" (21 citations). He has pioneered a distributed, socially situated understanding of agency and memory in robot-assisted interactions, arguing that robots must be designed to support real-world reminding and scheduling practices rather than imposing top-down solutions. His research on triadic human-robot interaction (11 citations) and culturally-aware personal robots within the Danish healthcare system (11 citations) has been instrumental in shifting HRI from generic national culture frameworks toward locally embedded, practice-based design. Rodil’s notable achievements include advancing embodied interaction analysis to reveal how people with severe brain injuries construct agency when programming reminder robots. With a growing citation impact, his work continues to shape ethical, inclusive, and culturally sensitive approaches to social robotics in care settings.