Scholar
Alan R Wagner
Google Scholar ID: YP1hCCMAAAAJ
Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering/ Research Associate Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,136
H-index
23
i10-index
44
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Resume
Research Experience
- Leads the REAL Lab at Penn State
- Directs research projects on human-robot interaction, robot ethics, and trust in autonomous systems
- Developed projects including deceptive robots (e.g., robot hide-and-seek), guiding robots (e.g., Emergie for fire evacuation), and assistive robots for the blind using deep learning
- Studies the impact of social robots in higher education
- Investigates human overtrust in autonomous vehicles
Background
- Principal Investigator of the Robot Ethics and Aerial Vehicles Laboratory (REAL Lab) at The Pennsylvania State University
- Research focuses on ethical implications and scientific foundations of autonomous aerial vehicles and robots
- Explores how robots can intuitively interact with, communicate with, and influence humans
- Investigates societal, ethical, and cultural ramifications of autonomous machines
- Employs interdisciplinary methods from social psychology, behavioral economics, game theory, AI, machine learning, and engineering
- Emphasizes high-level cognitive aspects of human-robot interaction, including relationship development, partner modeling, and reasoning about trust and deception
- Applies robotic systems to search and rescue and humanitarian missions