Galit Nimrod
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About
Galit Nimrod is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), with a particular focus on how older adults perceive, adopt, and benefit from socially assistive robots (SARs). Her work sits at the intersection of gerontology, communication, and robotics, addressing one of the most pressing challenges of our aging global society: how technology can support elder independence, wellbeing, and quality of life. Nimrod's most influential contribution is her 2018 call for a holistic approach to studying HRI in later life (67 citations), which has shaped how researchers frame eldercare robotics. She has since explored the emotional complexity older adults bring to these interactions — examining the tension between fear and trust toward robots (51 citations) — and investigated how politeness norms drawn from Lakoff's linguistic theory influence human responses to non-humanoid robots across multiple experimental settings (45 citations). Her "Gymmy" project (40 citations) demonstrated the real-world potential of robots as physical and cognitive trainers for older adults. More recently, Nimrod has turned to questions of culture, gender, and co-design, challenging ageist assumptions embedded in robot development. Her body of work, accumulating over 200 citations, is essential reading for anyone designing technology for aging populations.
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- 8Ageism, Power, and Gaps: Co-Designing Robots with Older Adults3 citations · 2025
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