Dieta Kuchenbrandt
Papers
14
Total Citations
1,320
H-Index
12
About
Dieta Kuchenbrandt is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), with a focus on the social psychology of how people perceive and relate to robots. Her work centers on the key research areas of anthropomorphism, social categorization, and the impact of robot and user features on HRI. She has made major contributions by demonstrating that people apply the same social categorization processes to robots as they do to humans, showing that robots perceived as belonging to a user's "in-group" are anthropomorphized more and evaluated more positively. Her highly cited 2011 paper on this topic (359 citations) is foundational, while her 2012 work on voice similarity (289 citations) reveals that a robot sounding like the user increases acceptance and psychological closeness. Kuchenbrandt has also explored how task gender typicality and robot predictability shape interaction outcomes. Her work, which often uses the humanoid robot NAO, has been published in top venues and has garnered over 1,200 total citations, establishing her as a key figure in understanding the psychological underpinnings of human-robot relationships.
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Top Papers
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- 2'If you sound like me, you must be more human'289 citations · 2012
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- 4When a Robot’s Group Membership Matters126 citations · 2013
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- 7Would you like to play with me?50 citations · 2014
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- 9Does anthropomorphism reduce stress in HRI?29 citations · 2014
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