Avital Dell'Ariccia
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Avital Dell’Ariccia investigates the intersection of human-robot interaction, social robotics, and tangible interfaces, with a focus on how people perceive and respond to physically embodied autonomous systems. Her work explores the nuanced social dynamics that emerge when robots share physical space and materials with humans, moving beyond screen-based interactions. In her most cited study, “Ah! he wants to win!”: Social responses to playing Tic-Tac-Toe against a physical drawing robot (2022, 8 citations), she conducted an exploratory human participant study (N=3) observing how individuals interact with a pen-plotting robot that plays Tic-Tac-Toe on a shared sheet of paper. This work revealed that participants attributed intentions and emotions to the robot, demonstrating how physical co-presence and shared materiality can evoke rich social responses even from simple robotic behaviors. Dell’Ariccia’s research contributes to understanding the design of physically collaborative robots and the subtle cues that shape human perception of machine agency. Her findings have implications for educational robotics, assistive technologies, and the broader field of socially aware automation.
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