Kristopher Rogers
Papers
2
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11
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2
About
Kristopher Rogers is a leading researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction and developmental robotics, with a primary focus on how children physically engage with social robots. His work addresses a critical gap in the field: while touch is a fundamental mode of communication for children, little is known about how they actually use it with robotic systems. Rogers’s most cited research, particularly his 2016 paper "Hand in Hand: Tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot," introduces novel sensing and data-interpretation tools designed to capture the rich variety of children’s tactile interactions. By developing methods to safely and robustly record these interactions, he has laid the groundwork for creating robots that can respond more naturally and sensitively to young users. Although his citation counts (5–6 per paper) reflect a niche but growing area, his contributions are foundational for designing child-friendly robots used in education and therapy. Rogers’s work is essential reading for anyone interested in building robots that truly understand and respond to the nuanced, non-verbal cues of children.
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- 1Hand in Hand: Tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot6 citations · 2016
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