Yunting Yan

"When We're Looking at the Robot, We See Each Other": A Comparison of Robotic, Mirror-Based, and Hybrid Interventions for Stranger Interaction

Eye contact between strangers, even fleeting, can spark interaction and foster connection, happiness, and belonging. Yet in public spaces, such encounters are often suppressed by “civil inattention,” with many people absorbed in their phones. We explore how reconfiguring the ambient environment with MirrorBot, a mobil…