Tom Offrede

Papers

Total Citations

H-Index

About

Tom Offrede is a researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction and nonverbal communication, with a primary focus on how gaze behavior shapes social dynamics. His most-cited work, "Does a robot’s gaze aversion affect human gaze aversion?" (2023, 9 citations), investigates whether robotic gaze cues—specifically gaze aversion—can influence human gaze patterns, drawing on established principles of how gaze regulates turn-taking, joint attention, and intimacy in human conversations. This study contributes to the growing field of socially aware robotics by demonstrating that robots can leverage subtle nonverbal signals to shape human behavior, with implications for designing more natural and effective human-robot interactions. Offrede’s research bridges cognitive science and robotics, exploring how machines can mimic or alter fundamental social cues. His work has been cited in discussions on embodied AI and social signal processing, highlighting its relevance to both theoretical models of communication and practical applications in assistive technology. Offrede’s findings offer valuable insights for students and researchers interested in the nuanced role of gaze in human-machine social encounters.