Roy de Kleijn
Papers
8
Total Citations
97
H-Index
4
About
Roy de Kleijn explores the fascinating intersection of cognitive psychology and robotics, investigating how humans perceive and interact with artificial agents. His research centers on anthropomorphism—the tendency to attribute human-like qualities to robots—and its behavioral consequences. In his most cited work (47 citations), de Kleijn demonstrated that anthropomorphizing artificial agents leads to fair and strategic behavior in economic games, though notably not altruistic actions, revealing nuanced effects on human-robot interaction. He further elucidated the mechanisms behind anthropomorphism by showing that synchronous movement between humans and robots increases anthropomorphic perceptions. De Kleijn also bridges cognitive science and robotics, drawing lessons from human action control to improve robotic performance in everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning. His work on curriculum-based deep reinforcement learning identified critical periods for robust sequential action learning in robot arms, advancing autonomous robotic capabilities. By applying behavioral-economic games to commercially available robots, de Kleijn provides practical frameworks for studying human-robot social dynamics. His research offers valuable insights for designing more intuitive, socially-aware robots and understanding the psychological foundations of human-machine collaboration.
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- 2The Impact of Human–Robot Synchronization on Anthropomorphization19 citations · 2019
- 3Everyday robotic action: lessons from human action control18 citations · 2014
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- 8Behavioral-economic Games with Commercially Available Robots1 citations · 2024