Sanna Raudaskoski

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Sanna Raudaskoski is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of ethnomethodology, social robotics, and human-robot interaction (HRI). Her work fundamentally challenges how we conceptualize the "social" in socially interactive robots, arguing that these machines project normative interactional practices that humans ordinarily rely upon—a perspective that reorients HRI design toward the subtle, embodied, and accountable nature of everyday encounters. In her most cited work, *The “Social” of the Socially Interactive Robot* (2020, 6 citations), she demonstrates that robot interaction is not merely a technical achievement but a deeply normative, sense-making accomplishment. Her more recent microanalytic study, *Situations of Group-Robot Interaction* (2025, 2 citations), extends this framework to multi-party settings, revealing how human practical effort and active sensemaking are required to sustain group engagement with robots. Raudaskoski’s contributions are notable for bringing rigorous ethnomethodological analysis to bear on emerging technologies, offering a critical, empirically grounded alternative to mainstream HRI paradigms. Her work is essential reading for students and researchers interested in the social foundations of human-robot encounters.