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Kerstin Dautenhahn

Kerstin Dautenhahn

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Computer Science
Canada
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
87
Citations
29341
World Ranking
345
National Ranking
16

Computer Science

D-Index
93
Citations
32815
World Ranking
520
National Ranking
19

Kerstin Dautenhahn publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kerstin Dautenhahn sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 421 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Kerstin Dautenhahn D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kerstin Dautenhahn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to social robotics and human-robot interaction

Overview

Kerstin Dautenhahn is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology, computer science, and engineering, focusing extensively on social robotics and human-robot interaction.

Their body of work includes significant contributions in the fields of:

  • Psychology
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Key subfields of study include:

  • Social Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Research topics most frequently addressed are:

  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • AI in Service Interactions
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Robotics and Automated Systems
  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Recent notable publications include:

  • "A survey on the design and evolution of social robots - Past, present and future" (2022), Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • "Potential Applications of Social Robots in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety" (2022), International Journal of Social Robotics
  • "A survey of multi-agent Human-Robot Interaction systems" (2022), Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • "Social Robots for the Care of Persons with Dementia" (2021), ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • "Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction in Pedestrian-Vehicle Mixed Environments: A Systematic Review" (2023), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Moojan Ghafurian
  • Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
  • Shruti Chandra
  • Mélanie Jouaiti
  • Samira Rasouli

The primary publication venues where this research appears are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems

Their contributions to the field have been recognized with the IEEE Fellow award in 2019 for work on social robotics and human-robot interaction.

Best Publications

  • A survey of socially interactive robots

    Terrence Fong;Terrence Fong;Illah R. Nourbakhsh;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Socially intelligent robots: dimensions of human-robot interaction.

    Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Robotic assistants in therapy and education of children with autism: can a small humanoid robot help encourage social interaction skills?

    B. Robins;K. Dautenhahn;Te Boekhorst;A. Billard

  • What is a robot companion - friend, assistant or butler?

    K. Dautenhahn;S. Woods;C. Kaouri;M.L. Walters

  • Towards interactive robots in autism therapy: background, motivation and challenges

    Kerstin Dautenhahn;Iain Werry

  • Would You Trust a (Faulty) Robot?: Effects of Error, Task Type and Personality on Human-Robot Cooperation and Trust

    Maha Salem;Gabriella Lakatos;Farshid Amirabdollahian;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Avoiding the uncanny valley: robot appearance, personality and consistency of behavior in an attention-seeking home scenario for a robot companion

    Michael L. Walters;Dag S. Syrdal;Kerstin Dautenhahn;René Te Boekhorst

  • Imitation in Animals and Artifacts

    Kerstin Dautenhahn;Chrystopher L. Nehaniv

  • How may I serve you?: a robot companion approaching a seated person in a helping context

    K. Dautenhahn;M. Walters;S. Woods;K. L. Koay

  • Robot-mediated joint attention in children with autism : A case study in robot-human interaction

    Ben Robins;Paul Dickerson;Penny Stribling;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • KASPAR --a minimally expressive humanoid robot for human--robot interaction research

    Kerstin Dautenhahn;Chrystopher L. Nehaniv;Michael L. Walters;Ben Robins

  • From Isolation to Communication: A Case Study Evaluation of Robot Assisted Play for Children with Autism with a Minimally Expressive Humanoid Robot

    Ben Robins;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Paul Dickerson

  • The influence of subjects' personality traits on personal spatial zones in a human-robot interaction experiment

    M.L. Walters;K. Dautenhahn;R. te Boekhorst;Kheng Lee Koay

  • Methodology & Themes of Human-Robot Interaction: A Growing Research Field

    Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Getting to know each other—Artificial social intelligence for autonomous robots

    Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • The correspondence problem

    Chrystopher L. Nehaniv;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • THE ART OF DESIGNING SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT AGENTS: SCIENCE, FICTION, AND THE HUMAN IN THE LOOP

    Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Does appearance matter in the interaction of children with autism with a humanoid robot

    Ben Robins;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Janek Dubowski

  • ROBOTS AS SOCIAL ACTORS: AURORA AND THE CASE OF AUTISM

    Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • From embodied to socially embedded agents - Implications for interaction-aware robots

    Kerstin Dautenhahn;Bernard Ogden;Tom Quick

  • Social Intelligence

    Bruce Edmonds;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

    Farshid Amirabdollahian;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Clare Dixon;Kerstin I Eder

Frequent Co-Authors

Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv University of Waterloo
Kheng Lee Koay
Kheng Lee Koay University of Hertfordshire
Ben Robins
Ben Robins University of Hertfordshire
Michael L. Walters
Michael L. Walters University of Hertfordshire
Aude Billard
Aude Billard École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dieter Wolke
Dieter Wolke University of Warwick
Ruth Aylett
Ruth Aylett Heriot-Watt University
Ana Paiva
Ana Paiva Instituto Superior Técnico
Gerhard Sagerer
Gerhard Sagerer Bielefeld University
Michael Fisher
Michael Fisher University of Manchester

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