Fanziska Viertel
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Franziska Viertel investigates the intersection of developmental psychology and human-robot interaction, focusing on how children’s temperament—particularly shyness—shapes their engagement with social robots. Her research reveals that shy children exhibit distinct behavioral patterns in child-robot interactions, including greater physical distance and more cautious social responses compared to their non-shy peers. In her most-cited work (2020, 9 citations), she demonstrated that temperament significantly influences how children enter into and sustain interactions with robotic interlocutors, challenging one-size-fits-all approaches to educational robotics. Her follow-up study (2021, 5 citations) specifically explored proxemics, showing that shy children maintain larger interpersonal distances from robots, mirroring behaviors seen in human-human interactions. These contributions are critical for designing adaptive, inclusive educational technologies that accommodate individual differences. Viertel’s work has implications for developing personalized robot behaviors in classrooms, therapy, and special education settings, ensuring that social robots can effectively engage children across the temperament spectrum. Her findings underscore the importance of considering psychological factors in human-robot interaction design.
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