Papers
9
Total Citations
277
H-Index
7
About
Nina Riether investigates the psychological and social dynamics of human-robot interaction (HRI), with a focus on how robotic presence, design, and behavior influence human cognition, performance, and well-being. Her pioneering work on social facilitation with robots (155 citations) demonstrated that a robot’s mere presence can affect human task performance, mirroring classic social psychology effects. She further explored motivation in HRI, developing an interactive action-based model using robots as fitness companions (50 citations), and examined how anthropomorphic robot design can reduce physiological stress during interactions (29 citations). Riether’s research extends to socially assistive robots supporting cognitive tasks, where she compared interaction strategies to optimize user performance. Her notable contributions include defining robot competence through user interaction and investigating long-term applications such as robots for space missions. By combining experimental methods with physiological measures like electrodermal activity, Riether provides foundational insights into designing robots that effectively collaborate with and support humans in workplaces, healthcare, and beyond.
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Top Papers
- 1Social facilitation with social robots?155 citations · 2012
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- 3Does anthropomorphism reduce stress in HRI?29 citations · 2014
- 4Talking with robots about objects16 citations · 2012
- 5Effects of Different Robot Interaction Strategies During Cognitive Tasks8 citations · 2012
- 6How Socially Assistive Robots Supporting on Cognitive Tasks Perform7 citations · 2014
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- 9Social Robots for Long-Term Space Missions2 citations · 2012