Xin (Eva) Ye 叶欣

Ph.D. Candidate

School of Information, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Hello and Welcome! I am Xin Ye, a PhD candidate passionate about research in human-robot interaction, human factors, security robots, autonomous vehicles, and trust.

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More about my research

Dec 22, 2025

My paper “The Roles of Fairness and Effectiveness in Promoting Legitimacy and Cooperation with Security Robotic Authority” has been accepted as a full paper at HRI 2026 (23% acceptance rate)! 🎉

Aug 29, 2025

Attended the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN2025) in Eindhoven, Netherlands and presented my paper “Can Robots Take Over Security? A Brief Review and Critique of Security Robot vs. Human Security Agent”. 🤖👮

A Human–Security Robot Interaction Literature Review

Xin Ye, Lionel Peter Robert

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction

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Autonomy Acceptance Model (AAM): The Role of Autonomy and Risk in Security Robot Acceptance

Xin Ye, Wonse Jo, Arsha Ali, Samia C. Bhatti, Connor Esterwood, Hana A. Kassie, Lionel P. Robert

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’24)

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Human Security Robot Interaction and Anthropomorphism: An Examination of Pepper, RAMSEE, and Knightscope Robots

Xin Ye, Lionel P. Robert Jr.

IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023) 

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