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Rosalyn M. Langedijk is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction, specializing in persuasive social robotics and real-world service robot deployment. Her work centers on how robots can effectively communicate, persuade, and interact with humans in natural settings—from university cafeterias to hospitals. Langedijk’s major contributions include demonstrating that gaze-speech coordination significantly enhances robot persuasiveness (15 citations) and developing the SMOOTH-Robot, a modular, low-cost platform for diverse service tasks (16 citations). Her field studies on drink-serving robots have provided critical insights into the challenges of deploying robots “in the wild,” addressing how robots initiate interactions through incremental speech adaptation and select interaction partners using gaze. With a cumulative impact of over 100 citations, Langedijk’s research bridges the gap between laboratory experiments and real-world applications, exploring how robots can give advice, signal empathy, and even influence human behavior. Her notable ethnographic work at Odense University Hospital, involving 296 hours of observation, has helped define practical robot use cases for healthcare. Langedijk’s findings are essential for designing robots that are not only functional but also socially intelligent and persuasive in everyday environments.