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Takayuki Kanda

Takayuki Kanda

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Computer Science
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
80
Citations
23727
World Ranking
1090
National Ranking
5

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
76
Citations
20983
World Ranking
648
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Takayuki Kanda is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research spans several domains with a strong emphasis on Psychology, Engineering, and Computer Science. The primary subfields of their work include Social Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics such as Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, AI in Service Interactions, Robot Manipulation and Learning, Traffic and Road Safety, Action Observation and Synchronization, and Child and Animal Learning Development.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Zeynep Yücel
  • Francesco Zanlungo
  • Merel Keijsers
  • Christoph Bartneck
  • Tony Belpaeme

Takayuki Kanda has published multiple papers in several academic venues. The venues where their work most frequently appears include:

  • ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • Collective Dynamics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers include:

  • "A Robot Is Not Worth Another: Exploring Children's Mental State Attribution to Different Humanoid Robots," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The understanding of congruent and incongruent referential gaze in 17-month-old infants: an eye-tracking study comparing human and robot," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Macroscopic and microscopic dynamics of a pedestrian cross-flow: Part II, modelling," 2022, Safety Science
  • "Stop Ignoring Me! On Fighting the Trivialization of Social Robots in Public Spaces," 2022, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • "The effects of assistive walking robots for health care support on older persons: a preliminary field experiment in an elder care facility," 2021, Intelligent Service Robotics

The researcher has contributed to book publications, notably with Cambridge University Press. These include two editions of "Human-Robot Interaction," published in 2020 and 2024.

Best Publications

  • Interactive robots as social partners and peer tutors for children: a field trial

    Takayuki Kanda;Takayuki Hirano;Daniel Eaton;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • Interactive Humanoid Robots for a Science Museum

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

  • Experimental investigation into influence of negative attitudes toward robots on human–robot interaction

    Tatsuya Nomura;Takayuki Kanda;Tomohiro Suzuki

  • Measurement of negative attitudes toward robots

    Tatsuya Nomura;Tomohiro Suzuki;Takayuki Kanda;Kensuke Kato

  • Prediction of Human Behavior in Human--Robot Interaction Using Psychological Scales for Anxiety and Negative Attitudes Toward Robots

    T. Nomura;T. Kanda;T. Suzuki;K. Kato

  • A Two-Month Field Trial in an Elementary School for Long-Term Human–Robot Interaction

    T. Kanda;R. Sato;N. Saiwaki;H. Ishiguro

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

    Bilge Mutlu;Toshiyuki Shiwa;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • The influence of people’s culture and prior experiences with Aibo on their attitude towards robots

    Christoph Bartneck;Tomohiro Suzuki;Takayuki Kanda;Tatsuya Nomura

  • 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

  • Robovie: an interactive humanoid robot

    Hiroshi Ishiguro;Tetsuo Ono;Michita Imai;Takeshi Maeda

  • Development and evaluation of an interactive humanoid robot "Robovie"

    T. Kanda;H. Ishiguro;T. Ono;M. Imai

  • Development and evaluation of interactive humanoid robots

    T. Kanda;H. Ishiguro;M. Imai;T. Ono

  • A Communication Robot in a Shopping Mall

    T Kanda;M Shiomi;Z Miyashita;H Ishiguro

  • Social force model with explicit collision prediction

    F. Zanlungo;T. Ikeda;T. Kanda

  • Person Tracking in Large Public Spaces Using 3-D Range Sensors

    Drazen Brscic;Takayuki Kanda;Tetsushi Ikeda;Takahiro Miyashita

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

    Daisuke Sakamoto;Takayuki Kanda;Tetsuo Ono;Hiroshi Ishiguro

  • Is The Uncanny Valley An Uncanny Cliff

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

  • Analysis of Humanoid Appearances in Human–Robot Interaction

    T. Kanda;T. Miyashita;T. Osada;Y. Haikawa

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

    Alessandra Maria Sabelli;Takayuki Kanda;Norihiro Hagita

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University
Norihiro Hagita
Norihiro Hagita Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Masahiro Shiomi
Masahiro Shiomi Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Michita Imai
Michita Imai Keio University
Peter H. Kahn
Peter H. Kahn University of Washington
Christoph Bartneck
Christoph Bartneck University of Canterbury
Shoji Itakura
Shoji Itakura Kyoto University
Bilge Mutlu
Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tony Belpaeme
Tony Belpaeme Ghent University
Eric Horvitz
Eric Horvitz Microsoft (United States)

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