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Anders Green is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), whose work has fundamentally shaped how we understand the social, spatial, and communicative dimensions of service robotics. With a career spanning over a decade of influential publications, Green has accumulated more than 900 citations across his most recognized works, reflecting the broad reach of his contributions to the field. Green's research centers on designing intuitive, user-centered interfaces for service and domestic robots, with particular emphasis on how humans and robots navigate shared physical and communicative space. His 2003 study on social and collaborative aspects of robot interaction (293 citations) remains a landmark contribution, while his 2006 investigation into spatial relationships in HRI (235 citations) introduced critical insights into co-presence and embodied interaction that continue to inform robot design today. A consistent thread throughout Green's work is his commitment to involving real users — including motion-impaired individuals — in iterative design processes, ensuring that robots are accessible and genuinely useful. He has also pioneered the application of Wizard-of-Oz methodology to service robotics scenarios and explored how robot personality and verbal behavior influence user experience. His work on learnability, miscommunication analysis, and spoken dialogue design positions him as a foundational voice in making human-robot communication natural, inclusive, and effective.