Dennis Day
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2
Total Citations
4
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2
About
Dennis Day’s research lies at the fascinating intersection of human-robot interaction, kinesthetic communication, and social robotics. His major contributions focus on understanding and leveraging the physical, intuitive “language” of co-motion—the subtle, powerful, and intimate kinesthetic cues exchanged when humans and robots move together. Day’s work explores how these non-verbal, bodily interactions can forge meaningful social relations between training robots and their users, proposing that coordinated movement itself is a form of dialogue. His most cited papers, including “Natural Kinesthetic Interaction and Social Relations Between Training-Robots and Their Users” (2017) and “Kinesthetic human/robot coordination” (2014), each with 2 citations, lay foundational groundwork for designing robots that learn and collaborate through touch and motion rather than explicit commands. By studying the early stages of this project, Day has highlighted how physical training partnerships can transform robot/human interaction into a deeply embodied experience. His research is particularly notable for framing kinesthetic coordination as a social phenomenon, opening new avenues for rehabilitation, collaborative manufacturing, and assistive robotics where physical trust and mutual adaptation are paramount.
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- 2Kinesthetic human/robot coordination2 citations · 2014