Maki Rooksby
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Maki Rooksby is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human–robot interaction (HRI), cultural psychology, and social robotics. Best known for the influential 2020 paper "Social Robots on a Global Stage: Establishing a Role for Culture During Human–Robot Interaction," Rooksby has made a significant contribution to understanding how cultural context shapes the way people perceive, engage with, and form expectations of social robots. This work, which has accumulated over 200 citations, synthesises two decades of empirical HRI research to argue that culture is not a peripheral variable but a central factor in how robotic agents are designed and deployed across diverse societies. As social and service robots become increasingly prevalent worldwide, Rooksby's scholarship offers a timely and critical framework for researchers and engineers seeking to build systems that are culturally sensitive and globally effective. By bridging behavioural science with robotics, Rooksby has helped elevate cross-cultural considerations within a field that has historically prioritised technical performance over social nuance, making this body of work essential reading for students and practitioners in HRI and related disciplines.
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