Charlotte Edmunds
University of Plymouth, Queen Mary University of London, University of Warwick
Papers
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Total Citations
65
H-Index
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About
Charlotte Edmunds is a leading researcher at the intersection of developmental psychology and human-robot interaction (HRI), with a primary focus on understanding and modeling the nuanced social dynamics between children and robots. Her most impactful contribution is the creation of the **PInSoRo dataset** (33 citations), a landmark resource that provides fine-grained, data-driven insights into child-child and child-robot social interactions, addressing a critical methodological gap in the field. Edmunds is also recognized for her rigorous methodological work, notably her influential paper on statistical power in HRI (16 citations), which provides essential guidance for designing robust and replicable experiments. Her research further explores how robots can recognize human internal states from movement cues and serve as effective peer tutors, as demonstrated in her work encouraging second-language spatial concept production in children. By developing the **Free-play Sandbox** methodology, she has pioneered ecologically valid yet replicable evaluation frameworks for social robotics. Edmunds’ work is foundational for advancing robots that can perceive, adapt to, and foster natural social learning in child-robot interactions.
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- 2Have I Got the Power? Analysing and Reporting Statistical Power in HRI16 citations · 2022
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