Marina Escobar-Planas
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Marina Escobar-Planas is a rising researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI) and child-robot collaboration, with a focus on how autonomous systems are perceived by vulnerable users. Her work centers on designing child-centred, intelligent robots that can collaborate naturally with young users, as demonstrated in her most-cited paper, “That Robot Played with Us!” (2022, 11 citations). This study used semi-structured interviews to reveal how children’s perceptions of a robot are shaped by its collaborative behaviours—a critical insight for developing educational and assistive robots. Escobar-Planas also explores transparency in autonomous systems, notably in “Visualizing Confidence in Delivery Robots” (2025, 2 citations), where she investigated how visual confidence indicators (e.g., a green bar showing “98% confidence”) affect human trust and decision-making in shared spaces. Her work bridges developmental psychology and robotics engineering, offering practical design guidelines for robots that must navigate social environments. Though early in her career, Escobar-Planas has already contributed to the prestigious ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, and her research is poised to shape how future robots earn trust from both children and adults.
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