Shogo Ikari

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Shogo Ikari is a rising scholar at the intersection of human-robot interaction, moral psychology, and cross-cultural studies. His research investigates how people perceive and morally engage with robots, revealing that our attitudes toward nonhuman entities are deeply shaped by social and religious backgrounds. In his most cited work, “Religion-Related Values Differently Influence Moral Attitude for Robots in the United States and Japan” (2023, 24 citations), Ikari demonstrates that religiosity and cultural values distinctly affect whether individuals extend moral concern to robots—a finding with profound implications for the global deployment of AI. His follow-up study, “British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots” (2022, 19 citations), explores how age and cultural context shape ascriptions of robot abilities and willingness to interact, bridging developmental and comparative perspectives. Ikari also contributes to applied robotics through his work on the “Multiple-Robot Mediated Discussion System” (2020), which uses multiple robots to facilitate deep group discussions on complex topics. By combining empirical rigor with a sensitivity to cultural variation, Ikari is helping to build a more nuanced understanding of how humans will coexist with intelligent machines.