Papers
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Total Citations
595
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About
AJung Moon is a prominent roboticist whose research sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI), robot nonverbal communication, and the ethics of robotics. Best known for her groundbreaking work on robot gaze and handover interactions, her 2014 paper "Meet Me Where I'm Gazing" — with over 200 citations — demonstrated that humanlike gaze cues dramatically improve the timing and perceived quality of robot-to-human object handovers, a finding that has shaped how collaborative robots are designed worldwide. Her investigations into hesitation gestures further established that robots can resolve resource conflicts through nuanced, human-inspired nonverbal motion, making human-robot collaboration safer and more intuitive in shared workspaces. Beyond motion and gesture research, Moon has made significant contributions to the ethics and policy dimensions of robotics. Her early work on morally contentious applications of interactive robotics and her analyses of emerging HRI policy reflect a rare commitment to responsible innovation. More recently, she has explored robotics' role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and examined socially assistive robots for Alzheimer's patients, underscoring her dedication to socially impactful technology. With a body of work accumulating hundreds of citations across technical and ethical domains, Moon stands as both a rigorous experimentalist and a thoughtful advocate for human-centered robotics.
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- 1Meet me where i'm gazing202 citations · 2014
- 2Impacts of Robot Head Gaze on Robot-to-Human Handovers62 citations · 2015
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- 7The Emerging Policy and Ethics of Human Robot Interaction29 citations · 2015
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