Stuart Moran

University of Nottingham, Retraction (China)

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Stuart Moran is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI), surgical robotics, and computational emotion modeling. His work fundamentally explores how humans perceive and react to robots, from the operating room to everyday monitoring scenarios. Moran’s most cited paper, “Fake Empathy and Human-Robot Interaction” (2017, 16 citations), challenges our understanding of emotional bonds with machines, investigating whether prior information about a robot alters a person’s empathic response—a critical insight for designing trustworthy social robots. In surgical innovation, his “Compliant Robotic Instrument With Coupled Tendon Driven Articulated Wrist Control for Organ Retraction” (2018, 14 citations) addresses a pressing clinical need: replacing rigid manual retractors with articulated, compliant tools to improve minimally invasive surgery outcomes. Moran also probes user perceptions of anthropomorphic robots as monitoring devices (2013, 13 citations), revealing how design influences acceptance. His earlier work on “The Panic Room” simulation (2013, 7 citations) laid groundwork for evolutionary computational models of synthetic emotions, bridging artificial intelligence and HRI. With a career spanning affective computing, surgical robotics, and human factors, Moran’s research directly shapes how robots are built to interact with—and serve—people.