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Holly A. Yanco publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Holly A. Yanco sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 188 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Holly A. Yanco D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Holly A. Yanco sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For foundational contributions to the field of human-robot interaction and for exceptional leadership in education and broadening participation.
  • 2020 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Holly A. Yanco is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States and conducts research primarily in engineering and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including social psychology, control and systems engineering, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their research topics cover a broad range of areas related to robotics and human interaction, such as:

  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Robotics and Automated Systems
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization

Yanco has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "A Roadmap for US Robotics - From Internet to Robotics 2020 Edition" (2021, Foundations and Trends in Robotics)
  • "The Need for Verbal Robot Explanations and How People Would Like a Robot to Explain Itself" (2021, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction)
  • "Building the Foundation of Robot Explanation Generation Using Behavior Trees" (2021, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction)
  • "Methods for Expressing Robot Intent for Human-Robot Collaboration in Shared Workspaces" (2021, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction)
  • "Benchmarking Protocols for Evaluating Grasp Strength, Grasp Cycle Time, Finger Strength, and Finger Repeatability of Robot End-Effectors" (2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)

Frequent coauthors of Yanco include:

  • Adam Norton
  • Han Zhao
  • Jordan Allspaw
  • Alexander S. Wilkinson
  • Jenna Parrillo

Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Foundations and Trends in Robotics
  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Yanco's contributions have been recognized with several distinctions including being named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in 2021 for foundational contributions to human-robot interaction and leadership in education and broadening participation. They were also designated as an ACM Senior Member in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Classifying human-robot interaction: an updated taxonomy

    H.A. Yanco;J. Drury

  • Awareness in human-robot interactions

    J.L. Drury;J. Scholtz;H.A. Yanco

  • Beyond usability evaluation: analysis of human-robot interaction at a major robotics competition

    Holly A. Yanco;Jill L. Drury;Jean Scholtz

  • Wheelesley: A Robotic Wheelchair System: Indoor Navigation and User Interface

    Holly A. Yanco

  • Exploring use cases for telepresence robots

    Katherine M. Tsui;Munjal Desai;Holly A. Yanco;Chris Uhlik

  • Evaluation of human-robot interaction awareness in search and rescue

    J. Scholtz;J. Young;J.L. Drury;H.A. Yanco

  • A Taxonomy for Human-Robot Interaction

    Holly A. Yanco;Jill L. Drury

  • Impact of robot failures and feedback on real-time trust

    Munjal Desai;Poornima Kaniarasu;Mikhail Medvedev;Aaron Steinfeld

  • Are Robots Ready to Deliver Autism Interventions? A Comprehensive Review

    Momotaz Begum;Richard W. Serna;Holly A. Yanco

  • "Where am I?" Acquiring situation awareness using a remote robot platform

    H.A. Yanco;J. Drury

  • An adaptive communication protocol for cooperating mobile robots

    Holly Yanco;Lynn Andrea Stein

  • Improved interfaces for human-robot interaction in urban search and rescue

    M. Baker;R. Casey;B. Keyes;H.A. Yanco

  • Effects of changing reliability on trust of robot systems

    Munjal Desai;Mikhail Medvedev;Marynel Vazquez;Sean McSheehy

  • Automation as Caregiver: A Survey of Issues and Technologies

    Karen Zita Haigh;Holly A. Yanco

  • Analysis of Human-robot Interaction at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

    Holly A. Yanco;Adam Norton;Willard Ober;David Shane

  • Essential features of telepresence robots

    Munjal Desai;Katherine M. Tsui;Holly A. Yanco;Chris Uhlik

  • Pyro: A python-based versatile programming environment for teaching robotics

    Douglas Blank;Deepak Kumar;Lisa Meeden;Holly Yanco

  • “I want that”: Human-in-the-loop control of a wheelchair-mounted robotic arm

    Katherine M. Tsui;Dae-Jin Kim;Aman Behal;David Kontak

  • Development and evaluation of a flexible interface for a wheelchair mounted robotic arm

    Katherine Tsui;Holly Yanco;David Kontak;Linda Beliveau

  • LASSOing HRI: analyzing situation awareness in map-centric and video-centric interfaces

    Jill L. Drury;Brenden Keyes;Holly A. Yanco

  • Evolving interface design for robot search tasks: Research Articles

    Holly A. Yanco;Brenden Keyes;Jill L. Drury;Curtis W. Nielsen

  • Multi robot mapping using force field simulation: Research Articles

    Rolf Lakaemper;Nagesh Adluru;Longin Jan Latecki;Raj Madhavan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Scholtz
Jean Scholtz Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Aaron Steinfeld
Aaron Steinfeld Carnegie Mellon University
Thomas B. Shea
Thomas B. Shea University of Massachusetts Lowell
Robert W. Platt
Robert W. Platt McGill University
Maja J. Matarić
Maja J. Matarić University of Southern California
Tucker Balch
Tucker Balch Emory University
Peter M. Todd
Peter M. Todd Indiana University
Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
Odest Chadwicke Jenkins University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Aaron M. Dollar
Aaron M. Dollar Yale University
Aman Behal
Aman Behal University of Central Florida

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