Papers
34
Total Citations
356
H-Index
10
About
Oskar Palinko is a researcher specializing in human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on gaze-based communication, social robotics, and the development of intuitive interfaces between humans and robotic systems. His work has fundamentally advanced how robots perceive and utilize eye gaze as a natural communication channel, an area where his most cited contribution — "Robot Reading Human Gaze: Why Eye Tracking is Better than Head Tracking for Human-Robot Collaboration" (2016, 107 citations) — demonstrated compelling evidence that eye-tracking significantly outperforms head-tracking in collaborative contexts. Complementing this, his development of a passive monocular gaze tracking system for the iCub humanoid robot helped establish practical frameworks for deploying gaze-aware robots in real-world settings. Palinko's research extends into turn-taking dynamics, persuasive human-robot dialogue, and mobile service robotics, including field studies of drink-serving robots and modular platforms like the SMOOTH-Robot. His investigations into gaze-contingent behavior reveal both the promise and the nuanced challenges of adaptive robotic systems. Across diverse settings — cafeterias, lecture halls, and public spaces — his work consistently bridges theoretical insight with applied experimentation, making him a notable contributor to building robots that communicate more naturally and effectively with the humans they serve.
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Top Papers
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- 2Eye gaze tracking for a humanoid robot32 citations · 2015
- 3The SMOOTH-Robot: A Modular, Interactive Service Robot16 citations · 2021
- 4A Gaze-contingent Dictating Robot to Study Turn-taking16 citations · 2015
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- 8A Drink-Serving Mobile Social Robot Selects who to Interact with Using Gaze14 citations · 2020
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- 10Active Participation in Lectures via a Collaboratively Controlled Robot10 citations · 2020