Terran Mott
Papers
16
Total Citations
117
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About
Terran Mott is a human-robot interaction researcher whose work sits at the intersection of socially assistive robotics, child-centered design, and robot ethics. Their research tackles some of the most pressing questions in deploying social robots in real-world contexts, particularly in healthcare, therapy, and education settings involving children. Mott's most influential contribution — "Robot Co-design Can Help Us Engage Child Stakeholders in Ethical Reflection" (2022, 30 citations) — argues compellingly that children deserve genuine agency in shaping the robotic technologies designed for them. This participatory design philosophy runs throughout their body of work. A closely related strand of research challenges the field's fixation on full robot autonomy, with Mott advocating for teleoperated socially assistive robots as a practical, underexplored pathway to real-world impact (19 citations). Beyond deployment, Mott has made notable contributions to robot ethics, examining how robots should handle human norm violations through both linguistic politeness strategies and qualitative narrative approaches. Their work on Wizard-of-Oz teleoperation interfaces further bridges research methodology with practical application. With over 100 total citations across a focused, cohesive portfolio, Mott is emerging as a distinctive voice pushing human-robot interaction research toward greater ethical depth, inclusivity, and real-world relevance.
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Top Papers
- 1Robot Co-design Can Help Us Engage Child Stakeholders in Ethical Reflection30 citations · 2022
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- 3Design Considerations for Child-Robot Interaction in Pediatric Contexts10 citations · 2021
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