Kyohei Tatsukawa

Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland), The University of Osaka

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Kyohei Tatsukawa explores the frontiers of human-robot interaction, focusing on how psychological and behavioral synchrony shapes our relationships with artificial agents. His research investigates the subtle mechanisms that make robots feel more like social partners than machines. In his most cited work, "Eyeblink Synchrony in Multimodal Human-Android Interaction" (23 citations), Tatsukawa demonstrated that synchronized nonverbal behaviors—such as shared blinking patterns—can positively bias human attitudes toward androids, laying groundwork for more natural human-robot bonding. He further examined social influence in "Interpersonal Closeness Correlates With Social Influence on Color Perception Task Using Human and Artificial Agents" (3 citations), revealing that perceived closeness enhances a robot’s ability to alter human decision-making. His 2019 study, "Android Pretending to Have Similar Traits of Imagination as Humans Evokes Stronger Perceived Capacity to Feel" (3 citations), showed that when robots exhibit congruent imaginative traits, humans attribute greater emotional capacity to them—a key insight for designing empathetic machines. Tatsukawa’s work bridges social psychology and robotics, offering practical pathways for creating robots that feel more relatable, trustworthy, and mindful.