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2025

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Overview

Norihiro Hagita is affiliated with the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and computer science, with a focus on the subfields of social psychology, artificial intelligence, developmental and educational psychology, statistical and nonlinear physics, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research centers on topics such as social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), action observation and synchronization, AI in service interactions, child and animal learning development, speech and dialogue systems, sentiment analysis and opinion mining, and opinion dynamics and social influence.

Norihiro Hagita has published work in several venues, including:

  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
  • Sensors
  • Applied Sciences

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Hagita include:

  • "Robot Reciprocation of Hugs Increases Both Interacting Times and Self-disclosures" (2020) in International Journal of Social Robotics
  • "Robots as an interactive-social medium in storytelling to multiple children" (2021) in Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
  • "Positive Emotion Amplification by Representing Excitement Scene with TV Chat Agents" (2020) in Sensors
  • "Vocal Synchrony of Robots Boosts Positive Affective Empathy" (2021) in Applied Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their work include Masayuki Kanbara, Masahiro Shiomi, Shogo Nishimura, Wataru Sato, and Yuichiro Fujimoto. This collaboration reflects an interdisciplinary approach involving multiple researchers contributing to the advancement of social robotics and related areas.

Best Publications

  • Interactive Humanoid Robots for a Science Museum

    M. Shiomi;T. Kanda;H. Ishiguro;N. Hagita

  • Footing in human-robot conversations: how robots might shape participant roles using gaze cues

    Bilge Mutlu;Toshiyuki Shiwa;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • How to Approach Humans?-Strategies for Social Robots to Initiate Interaction-

    Satoru Satake;Takayuki Kanda;Dylan F. Glas;Michita Imai

  • An affective guide robot in a shopping mall

    Takayuki Kanda;Masahiro Shiomi;Zenta Miyashita;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • Automated entry system for printed documents

    T. Akiyama;N. Hagita

  • A Communication Robot in a Shopping Mall

    T Kanda;M Shiomi;Z Miyashita;H Ishiguro

  • Android as a telecommunication medium with a human-like presence

    Daisuke Sakamoto;Takayuki Kanda;Tetsuo Ono;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • Geminoid: Teleoperated Android of an Existing Person

    Shuichi Nishio;Hiroshi Ishiguro;Norihiro Hagita

  • Is The Uncanny Valley An Uncanny Cliff

    C. Bartneck;T. Kanda;H. Ishiguro;N. Hagita

  • A conversational robot in an elderly care center: an ethnographic study

    Alessandra Maria Sabelli;Takayuki Kanda;Norihiro Hagita

  • Nonverbal leakage in robots: communication of intentions through seemingly unintentional behavior

    Bilge Mutlu;Fumitaka Yamaoka;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • Cloud networked robotics

    K. Kamei;S. Nishio;N. Hagita;M. Sato

  • Robot Behavior Adaptation for Human-Robot Interaction based on Policy Gradient Reinforcement Learning

    Noriaki Mitsunaga;Christian Smith;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • My robotic doppelgänger - a critical look at the Uncanny Valley

    Christoph Bartneck;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro;Norihiro Hagita

  • Network robot systems

    Alberto Sanfeliu;Norihiro Hagita;Alessandro Saffiotti

  • Adapting Robot Behavior for Human--Robot Interaction

    N. Mitsunaga;C. Smith;T. Kanda;H. Ishiguro

  • Humanoid robots as a passive-social medium: a field experiment at a train station

    Kotaro Hayashi;Daisuke Sakamoto;Takayuki Kanda;Masahiro Shiomi

  • Messages embedded in gaze of interface agents --- impression management with agent's gaze

    Atsushi Fukayama;Takehiko Ohno;Naoki Mukawa;Minako Sawaki

  • ViSE: Visual Search Engine Using Multiple Networked Cameras

    U. Park;A.K. Jain;I. Kitahara;K. Kogure

  • Do elderly people prefer a conversational humanoid as a shopping assistant partner in supermarkets

    Yamato Iwamura;Masahiro Shiomi;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University
Takayuki Kanda
Takayuki Kanda Kyoto University
Masahiro Shiomi
Masahiro Shiomi Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Michita Imai
Michita Imai Keio University
Hiroshi Murase
Hiroshi Murase Nagoya University
Christoph Bartneck
Christoph Bartneck University of Canterbury
Alberto Sanfeliu
Alberto Sanfeliu Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Satoshi Nakamura
Satoshi Nakamura Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Alessandro Saffiotti
Alessandro Saffiotti Örebro University
Bilge Mutlu
Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin–Madison

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