Caroline van Straten

University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam University of the Arts

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Caroline van Straten is a leading researcher in child-robot interaction (CRI), focusing on how children perceive, adopt, and form relationships with social robots in domestic settings. Her work bridges developmental psychology, human-robot interaction, and interdisciplinary research methods to understand children’s beliefs and behaviors toward robotic companions. In her most-cited study (2021, 10 citations), she explores the factors underlying children’s intentions to adopt or reject domestic social robots, providing critical insights for designing robots that align with children’s expectations and needs. Her 2018 paper (5 citations) addresses a foundational gap in CRI by developing and validating standardized self-report measures, offering the field much-needed conceptual and operational clarity. More recently (2021, 3 citations), van Straten has tackled methodological challenges in studying child-robot relationship formation, advocating for rigorous, interdisciplinary approaches to improve replicability and validity. Her contributions are shaping how researchers and designers approach child-robot interaction, ensuring that future social robots are not only technologically advanced but also developmentally appropriate and socially meaningful for children.