Robin Welsch
Papers
5
Total Citations
74
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About
Robin Welsch is an emerging researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI), augmented reality (AR), and social robotics. With a growing body of influential publications, Welsch investigates how humans perceive, respond to, and collaborate with both virtual agents and physical robots in everyday and industrial contexts. Their most cited work, "Proxemics for Human-Agent Interaction in Augmented Reality" (2022, 56 citations), broke new ground by demonstrating that virtual agents in AR spaces exert measurable social presence on users, challenging existing design guidelines to account for personal space and its psychological effects. Welsch has further advanced the field through studies on human-robot object handovers, revealing how perceived danger shapes spatial behavior, and through research examining robot politeness and social conflict resolution in public encounters. Their contributions extend into applied industrial settings, where they propose multimodal frameworks for fostering mutual understanding between workers and collaborative robots. Collectively, Welsch's research bridges social psychology, robotics, and interaction design, offering practitioners and developers concrete, human-centered insights for building robots and virtual agents that feel safe, trustworthy, and socially appropriate.
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- 1Proxemics for Human-Agent Interaction in Augmented Reality56 citations · 2022
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