Rui Hu

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Dr. Rui Hu is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human sexuality, technology, and psychology. Their work investigates how psychological and physiological states shape our willingness to engage with emerging technologies, particularly sex robots. Dr. Hu’s most influential study, “Sex robots and personality: It is more about sex than robots” (2022, 24 citations), reveals that individual differences in sexual attitudes—rather than attitudes toward robots—primarily drive interest in sex robots. In a groundbreaking follow-up, “Hot for Robots! Sexual Arousal Increases Willingness to Have Sex with Robots” (2022, 4 citations), Dr. Hu provided the first empirical evidence that state sexual arousal significantly increases people’s willingness to engage with robots, demonstrating that arousal can override prior reservations about unconventional sexual behaviors. This work challenges assumptions about human-robot interaction and has implications for robot design, ethics, and sexual health. By bridging social psychology and human-computer interaction, Dr. Hu’s research offers critical insights into how our most intimate drives may shape the future of technology adoption.