Olivia Herzog
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51
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About
Olivia Herzog is a rising scholar in human-robot interaction (HRI), whose research explores how robot design, behavior, and social cues shape human compliance, trust, and emotional responses. Her most cited work, “The Influence of Robot Designs on Human Compliance and Emotion: A Virtual Reality Study in the Context of Future Public Transport” (19 citations), examines how robot appearance affects passenger cooperation in autonomous transit systems. She developed the influential “Compliance–Reactance Framework” (12 citations), which models when humans follow or resist robot requests—a foundational tool for designing socially acceptable robots. Herzog’s applied research includes using self-disclosure as a social cue to build trust in healthcare robots (9 citations) and deploying collaborative robots to support young adults with intellectual disabilities in vocational training (3 citations). Her studies often employ virtual reality to safely investigate proxemics and distraction effects on human-robot spacing. By bridging theoretical frameworks with real-world applications in public transport, healthcare, and inclusive education, Herzog is shaping how robots can be designed to earn human trust and cooperation in sensitive, high-stakes environments.
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- 2A Compliance–Reactance Framework for Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction12 citations · 2022
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