Sarah Gillet
Papers
19
Total Citations
275
H-Index
9
About
Sarah Gillet’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, social robotics, and group dynamics, with a focus on how robots can foster inclusion and equity in multiparty settings. Her most-cited work, “Robot Gaze Can Mediate Participation Imbalance in Groups with Different Skill Levels” (57 citations), demonstrates that a robot’s gaze can rebalance participation among team members of varying expertise. She extended this to child groups in “A Social Robot Mediator to Foster Collaboration and Inclusion Among Children” (38 citations), where her robot helped overcome intergroup bias in newly arrived immigrant children. Gillet also introduced the concept of “Interaction-Shaping Robotics” (2024, 35 citations), defining how robots influence interactions between other agents—a framework that has shaped subsequent HRI research. Her model “RoSI” (17 citations) predicts robot social influence, while her work on learning gaze behaviors (14 citations) moves beyond hand-crafted heuristics. Notably, her self-reflective paper “How Did We Miss This?” (9 citations) critically examines unintended biases in robot behavior design. With over 200 total citations across these works, Gillet is a leading voice in robot-mediated social inclusion.
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- 2A social robot mediator to foster collaboration and inclusion among children38 citations · 2020
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- 5RoSI: A Model for Predicting Robot Social Influence17 citations · 2024
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- 8Multiparty Interaction Between Humans and Socially Interactive Agents12 citations · 2022
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- 10How Did We Miss This?9 citations · 2023