Tom Gross
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About
Tom Gross is a researcher advancing the frontiers of human-robot interaction (HRI), with a particular focus on making robotic systems accessible and intuitive for everyday users. His work centers on two critical challenges: designing natural multimodal interfaces for household robotic arms and streamlining the technical infrastructure of HRI research itself. In his 2016 study on household robotics, Gross explored how people can communicate with robots through multiple modalities—voice, gesture, and touch—while also investigating optimal task allocation between humans and machines. This foundational work, cited 3 times, addresses the practical realities of integrating robots into private homes. More recently, Gross has turned his attention to the research process itself, developing a novel virtual reality authoring tool that dramatically simplifies the creation of HRI studies. His 2025 paper, also garnering 3 citations, demonstrates how this tool lowers technical barriers, enabling researchers to simulate complex robot interactions without advanced programming skills. By tackling both the user experience of robots and the methodological challenges of studying them, Gross is helping to accelerate the field’s progress toward truly collaborative human-robot environments.
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