Papers
9
Total Citations
76
H-Index
5
About
Nikita Arinkin is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction, specializing in companion robotics, emotional AI, and non-verbal communication. His work focuses on designing robots that are not only functional but also socially engaging and emotionally expressive. Arinkin’s most cited paper (24 citations) demonstrates how a robot’s non-verbal behaviors—such as hand gestures, head movements, and eye animations—can significantly enhance its likeability. He further explores how social gaze and indirect speech can make a robot appear conscious, as shown in his 2021 study (14 citations). Arinkin has also pioneered the use of companion robots for educational purposes, including foreign language vocabulary learning (11 citations), and has developed conceptual processing and semantic comprehension systems for the emotional robot F-2. His work with primary school children (6 citations) reveals how emotional gestures and speech influence a robot’s perception during problem-solving tasks. With a strong foundation in linguistic approaches to robotics, Arinkin’s research bridges text analysis, emotional behavior synthesis, and real-world interaction, making significant contributions to creating more intuitive and empathetic robotic companions.
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- 3Learning a foreign language vocabulary with a companion robot11 citations · 2022
- 4Conceptual processing system for a companion robot8 citations · 2021
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- 6Semantic Comprehension System for F-2 Emotional Robot4 citations · 2017
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- 8A Robot Commenting Texts in an Emotional Way3 citations · 2017
- 9Speech Understanding System for Emotional Companion Robots3 citations · 2020