Anna M. H. Abrams
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212
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About
Anna M. H. Abrams is a leading researcher in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), specializing in how people encounter and interact with robots in unscripted, real-world settings. Her work critically examines the social dynamics that emerge when robots—particularly autonomous delivery robots—share public spaces like pedestrian walkways with incidentally co-present persons. Abrams is best known for challenging traditional technology acceptance models, arguing they fail to capture spontaneous, unsolicited human-robot encounters. Her 2021 paper on this topic (60 citations) provides both theoretical critique and empirical evidence for new frameworks. She also introduced the influential I–C–E Framework (56 citations), which shifts HRI research from one-on-one interactions to group dynamics, exploring how machine learning can unequally affect social roles within human-robot teams. Her 2020 paper “The Forgotten in HRI” (50 citations) calls for expanding research beyond controlled labs to include marginalized or overlooked populations. Beyond public space robotics, Abrams has contributed to robotic prosthetics, designing systems to study the “robotic leg illusion” and multisensory integration for embodiment. Her work bridges social science methods with engineering, and she co-authored a chapter on empirical methods for researching socially interactive agents. With over 200 total citations, Abrams is shaping the future of socially aware, ethically grounded robotics.
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- 3The Forgotten in HRI50 citations · 2020
- 4Robotic Leg Illusion: System Design and Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation13 citations · 2019
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- 6Gaze-Cues of Humans and Robots on Pedestrian Ways6 citations · 2023
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- 8A Pilot Study5 citations · 2018
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