Papers
8
Total Citations
73
H-Index
5
About
Anna Zinina is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction, specializing in companion robots that communicate naturally and emotionally. Her work centers on making robots like the F-2 platform more likeable and socially intelligent through non-verbal behavior, social gaze, and emotional expression. In her most-cited paper (2020, 24 citations), she demonstrated how a robot’s individual “active organs”—such as hand gestures, head movements, and eye animations—contribute to a positive user impression. Her 2021 study (14 citations) showed that implementing different social gaze modes can make a robot seem like a conscious creature, enhancing engagement in storytelling and dialogue. Zinina’s impact extends to education: her 2022 work (11 citations) explored using companion robots for foreign language vocabulary learning, while a 2020 study (6 citations) examined how primary school children perceive a robot’s emotional gestures and speech during spatial puzzle tasks. She has also developed conceptual processing and speech understanding systems for emotional robots, bridging linguistics and robotics. With over 70 total citations across her key papers, Zinina’s research is foundational for creating empathetic, pedagogically effective robotic companions.
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- 3Learning a foreign language vocabulary with a companion robot11 citations · 2022
- 4Conceptual processing system for a companion robot8 citations · 2021
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- 6Semantic Comprehension System for F-2 Emotional Robot4 citations · 2017
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- 8Speech Understanding System for Emotional Companion Robots3 citations · 2020