Papers
68
Total Citations
7,006
H-Index
29
About
Terrence Fong is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI) whose work has fundamentally shaped how scientists study, design, and evaluate collaborative systems between humans and robots. His research spans socially interactive robotics, teleoperation, collaborative control, and robot safety — areas in which he has produced some of the field's most influential scholarship. Fong's 2003 survey on socially interactive robots stands as a landmark contribution, amassing over 3,100 citations and serving as an essential reference for researchers entering the field. His early work on collaborative control challenged the traditional human-centric model of teleoperation, proposing instead a robot-centric framework that dramatically improved multi-robot remote driving performance. These ideas, developed across several highly cited papers, helped establish the theoretical and practical foundations for modern telepresence and assistive robotics. Beyond system design, Fong has been instrumental in advancing evaluation methodology. His 2006 paper on common metrics for HRI provided researchers with a standardized toolkit for assessing task-oriented interactions — a contribution that remains widely referenced. His investigations into safe human-robot interaction further demonstrate his commitment to responsible robotics development. With a body of work exceeding 5,000 cumulative citations, Fong's research continues to guide both academic inquiry and real-world robotic system design.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A survey of socially interactive robots3,108 citations · 2003
- 2Common metrics for human-robot interaction753 citations · 2006
- 3A Survey of Methods for Safe Human-Robot Interaction369 citations · 2017
- 4Collaboration, Dialogue, Human-Robot Interaction270 citations · 2007
- 5Multi-robot remote driving with collaborative control202 citations · 2003
- 6A Survey of Methods for Safe Human-Robot Interaction202 citations · 2017
- 7Collaborative control: a robot-centric model for vehicle teleoperation173 citations · 2001
- 8Robot, asker of questions148 citations · 2003
- 9Communication of intent in assistive free flyers141 citations · 2014
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