Balaraju Battu
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Balaraju Battu is a leading researcher at the intersection of social robotics, human–machine interaction, and cognitive science. His work fundamentally explores how humans perceive the minds of robots—specifically along the dimensions of experience (the capacity to feel) and agency (the capacity to act and take responsibility). In his highly influential 2024 paper, Battu demonstrates that perceptions of experience shape altruistic behavior toward machines, while perceptions of agency shape trust in them—a finding with profound implications for designing ethical, socially integrated AI. This work has already garnered 18 citations and is reshaping how engineers and psychologists approach robot design for economic and social contexts. Battu’s contributions are pivotal as autonomous systems become commonplace, offering a nuanced framework for understanding when and why people treat machines as moral or social partners. His research not only advances theoretical models of mind perception but also provides actionable insights for building more trustworthy and cooperative human–robot teams.
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