Madison Miller

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Madison Miller is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI) and performance arts, with a primary focus on multi-robot systems, gesture-based communication, and computational humor. Her most influential work, "A Semi-automated Multi-robot Comedy Performance System with Gesture" (2025), introduces a groundbreaking framework that enables multiple robots to deliver comedic performances with semi-automated gesture coordination. This research addresses a critical bottleneck in HRI: the labor-intensive process of hand-animating even a single robot for nuanced social tasks. By developing a system that reduces manual animation overhead while preserving expressive, context-aware gestures, Miller has opened new avenues for studying how robots can engage audiences through humor and physical interaction. Her work has garnered attention within the robotics community (2 citations in its first year), and she is recognized for being among the first to tackle the challenge of multi-robot comedic timing and audience feedback integration. Miller’s contributions are particularly notable for bridging engineering and the performing arts, offering a replicable platform for future HRI studies on entertainment, social bonding, and non-verbal communication in robotic ensembles.