Papers
65
Total Citations
495
H-Index
9
About
Eri Sato-Shimokawara is a prominent researcher in human-robot interaction, intelligent robotics, and natural interfacing systems, whose work has fundamentally advanced how humans and robots communicate and coexist. Her most celebrated contribution, "Natural Interface Using Pointing Behavior for Human–Robot Gestural Interaction" (2007), has garnered 135 citations and established gestural recognition as a cornerstone of intuitive robot communication. Building on this, her early work on intelligent spaces and human-centered robotics (2003, 44 citations) helped lay theoretical groundwork for robots designed to seamlessly coexist within human environments. Sato-Shimokawara has consistently pushed boundaries in non-verbal interaction, exploring gaze, gesture, head motion, and speech cues to enrich human-robot dialogue, as demonstrated in her studies on speaker confidence estimation and robot expression styles. Her research extends into practical applications, including assistive mobility robots, cloud-based companion chatbots for elderly users, collaborative museum robot networks, and AI-driven educational robotic agents. This breadth reflects her commitment to deploying robotics meaningfully across healthcare, education, and public spaces. With a career spanning nearly two decades of impactful publications, she remains a significant voice in creating robots that are not merely functional, but genuinely responsive to human needs.
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Top Papers
- 1Natural Interface Using Pointing Behavior for Human–Robot Gestural Interaction135 citations · 2007
- 2Intelligent space and human centered robotics44 citations · 2003
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- 4Investigation of Robot Expression Style in Human-Robot Interaction17 citations · 2020
- 5A cloud based chat robot using dialogue histories for elderly people14 citations · 2015
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