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Kiyoshi Kogure is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction, focusing on how robots can become socially adept partners in daily life. His work bridges robotics, ubiquitous computing, and human decision-making, exploring how robots influence behavior through recommendation, tracking, and physical presence. Kogure’s most cited paper (199 citations) reveals that robot recommendations sway human choices more effectively than screen-based agents, a foundational insight for designing persuasive social robots. He led the development of Robovie-IV (106 citations), a communication robot that interacts with people in office environments, demonstrating the potential for long-term, daily companionship. Kogure also advanced haptic communication (57 citations), embedding tactile sensors in humanoid robots to detect human posture and position through touch, enabling safer, more intuitive physical interaction. His integration of guide robots with ubiquitous sensors (37 citations) at science museums showed how robots can leverage environmental data to perform human-like gestures like eye contact and pointing. Kogure’s concept of “co-experience communication” (16 citations) uses wearable and stationary sensors to capture shared experiences, fostering richer human-robot dialogue. His work remains influential in designing robots that are not just tools, but social actors capable of understanding and shaping human behavior.