Ruth Stock‐Homburg
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Total Citations
403
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About
Ruth Stock-Homburg is a prominent researcher specializing in human-robot interaction (HRI), robotic psychology, and the design of socially intelligent machines. Her work sits at a compelling intersection of computer science, psychology, and service management, addressing some of the most pressing questions surrounding how humans emotionally engage with anthropomorphic robots. Stock-Homburg has made particularly significant contributions through her comprehensive surveys of emotional dynamics in HRI. Her 2021 review, "Survey of Emotions in Human–Robot Interactions," synthesizing two decades of fragmented research, has already accumulated 176 citations, establishing itself as a landmark reference in the field. Her complementary 2022 survey on facial emotion expressions (109 citations) further cemented her authority on nonverbal communication between humans and robots. Beyond reviewing existing knowledge, she has advanced technical solutions, including the ExGenNet framework for automated robotic facial expression generation and the MILD and MoVEInt models for adaptive interaction dynamics. Her more recent work examines ethical dimensions, exploring responsible HRI design principles around dignity, privacy, and transparency, as well as how employees respond to robotic managers in workplace settings. With hundreds of citations accumulated in just a few years, Stock-Homburg's research is shaping both the theoretical foundations and practical, ethical applications of next-generation social robotics.
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- 2Facial Emotion Expressions in Human–Robot Interaction: A Survey109 citations · 2022
- 3Human-Robot Handshaking: A Review39 citations · 2021
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