Papers
79
Total Citations
1,320
H-Index
21
About
Koen V. Hindriks is a prominent researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction, multi-robot systems, and social robotics, whose work has profoundly shaped how robots perceive, communicate, and collaborate with humans. His research spans emotional and mood expression in robots, demonstrating through multiple studies that robotic body language can induce genuine mood contagion in human observers — a finding with far-reaching implications for therapeutic and educational robotics. Hindriks has made significant contributions to robot-assisted disaster response through the TRADR project (71 citations), advancing long-term human-robot teaming frameworks and dynamic task allocation strategies for complex multi-robot scenarios. His investigations into child-robot interaction are particularly notable, producing validated design patterns for interactive storytelling robots that foster children's agency and engagement (59 citations), as well as personalised robot self-explanation tailored to different age groups. Beyond interaction design, Hindriks has ventured into healthcare robotics and the philosophical dimensions of the field, including a rare empirical study on public attitudes toward robot rights (38 citations). With a body of work accumulating hundreds of citations, his research consistently bridges theoretical rigor with real-world applicability, making him an influential voice in contemporary robotics research.
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Top Papers
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- 2Dynamic task allocation for multi-robot search and retrieval tasks64 citations · 2016
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- 6Mood contagion of robot body language in human robot interaction41 citations · 2015
- 7Mood expression through parameterized functional behavior of robots39 citations · 2013
- 8Who Wants to Grant Robots Rights?38 citations · 2021
- 9Effects of bodily mood expression of a robotic teacher on students38 citations · 2014
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