Robert Schleicher
Papers
2
Total Citations
20
H-Index
2
About
Robert Schleicher’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction and social psychology, exploring how people respond to robots in social contexts. His most influential work investigates the social facilitation effect—a classic psychological phenomenon where performance changes in the presence of others—and tests whether it extends to interactions with anthropomorphic robots. In his 2013 paper on this topic, which has garnered 17 citations, Schleicher demonstrated that the mere presence of a humanoid robot can alter human task performance, much like the presence of another person. This finding has important implications for designing robots that work alongside humans in shared environments, from factories to homes. His 2012 study further refined these insights, contributing to a growing body of evidence that robots can trigger automatic social responses. Schleicher’s work is notable for bridging established social-psychological theory with emerging robotics technology, offering a rigorous experimental foundation for understanding human-robot dynamics. For students and researchers, his studies provide a clear example of how classic psychological principles can inform modern human-robot interaction design.
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Top Papers
- 1Investigating the Social Facilitation Effect in Human–Robot Interaction17 citations · 2013
- 2Investigating the Social Facilitation Effect in Human-Robot Interaction.3 citations · 2012