Keiji Yamada
Papers
8
Total Citations
103
H-Index
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About
Keiji Yamada is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction, specializing in assistive social robotics for elderly care and emotionally aware communication systems. His most impactful work centers on designing multimodal robots that integrate voice, gestures, emotion, touch panels, and dance to engage technology-adverse seniors, as demonstrated in his 2012 paper on the Matilda robot (40 citations). This work, alongside his exploration of embodied care (30 citations), addresses the looming healthcare crisis by improving quality of life in Australian nursing homes through group-based and one-to-one interactions. Yamada’s contributions extend to adaptive embodied entrainment control, where his introducer robot reduces social stress during first meetings by promoting natural communication (4 citations). He also innovates in emotionally aware robotics, creating agents capable of conducting job interviews by measuring emotional and cultural fitness (3 citations). With a cumulative impact of over 100 citations, Yamada’s research bridges technology and human empathy, offering practical solutions for aging populations and social isolation. His notable achievements include pioneering the Matilda platform, a benchmark for assistive robotics, and advancing adaptive interaction design that fosters trust and engagement in vulnerable users.
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- 2Embodying care in Matilda30 citations · 2012
- 3An Experiment for Motivating Elderly People with Robot Guided Interaction17 citations · 2011
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