Kazuhiro Ueda
Papers
6
Total Citations
168
H-Index
5
About
Kazuhiro Ueda explores the fascinating intersection of human-robot interaction, mutual adaptation, and cognitive science. His most influential work, the 2012 study "'Midas touch' in human-robot interaction" (57 citations), demonstrates how a robot's touch can influence human decision-making in economic games, revealing that physical contact from a robot can mitigate negative feelings during unfair proposals. This groundbreaking research extends the "Midas touch" effect—traditionally studied in human-human interaction—into human-robot contexts. Ueda also investigates how humans perceive animacy in moving objects (2010, 45 citations) and has pioneered WOZ (Wizard of Oz) experiments to understand mutual adaptation between humans and machines (2007, 31 citations). His earlier work on evolving communicating agents using genetic programming (2002, 20 citations) laid foundations for understanding cooperative behavior in multi-agent systems. Additionally, Ueda has developed mutual adaptive speech interfaces that leverage human cognitive features for communication (2005, 11 citations). His research consistently emphasizes bidirectional adaptation—how humans and artificial agents learn from and adjust to each other—making significant contributions to socially intelligent robotics and human-computer interaction.
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Top Papers
- 1'Midas touch' in human-robot interaction57 citations · 2012
- 2Interaction with a Moving Object Affects One’s Perception of Its Animacy45 citations · 2010
- 3WOZ experiments for understanding mutual adaptation31 citations · 2007
- 4Evolving communicating agents based on genetic programming20 citations · 2002
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- 6A Platform System for Developing a Collaborative Mutually Adaptive Agent4 citations · 2009