Kenta Kubo

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Kenta Kubo is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction, with a focused expertise in trust repair and non-verbal communication between humans and autonomous systems. His most-cited work, "Effects of Robot Bowing during Apology on Trust Repair" (2025), represents a significant contribution to the field by systematically investigating how subtle movement qualities—human-like, constant-speed, abrupt, or absent—can influence a robot's ability to rebuild trust after a mistake. By demonstrating that human-like bowing movements are more effective at restoring user confidence than mechanical or static alternatives, Kubo has provided critical insights for designing socially intelligent robots capable of meaningful apology. This work, which has already garnered early citations, bridges robotics, psychology, and human factors engineering. Kubo’s research has direct implications for service robots, autonomous vehicles, and AI assistants, where trust recovery is essential for user acceptance. His findings help establish a framework for designing robots that can navigate social repair, making him a rising voice in the quest for more trustworthy and empathetic artificial agents.