I serve as a postdoctoral researcher in the Human-Robot Interaction Lab at Kyoto University, where I collaborate with Professor Takayuki Kanda. My work focuses on human–robot interaction and embodied AI, with particular emphasis on developing expressive manipulation strategies that enhance the transparency, legibility, and naturalness of robot behavior in human-shared environments.
Publications
Communicating Object Relations through Robot Gestures
Xiang Pan *, Malcolm Doering, and Takayuki Kanda
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2026
Note: Top-tier HRI venue, 23.2% acceptance rate (129/557)
Communicating Physical Properties through Robot Object Manipulation
Xiang Pan *, Malcolm Doering, Stela H. Seo, and Takayuki Kanda
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Melbourne, Australia, 2025
Note: Top-tier HRI venue, 25% acceptance rate (100/400)
What Is Your Other Hand Doing, Robot? A Model of Behavior for Shopkeeper Robot's Idle Hand
Xiang Pan *, Malcolm Doering, and Takayuki Kanda
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Colorado, USA, 2024
Note: Top-tier HRI venue, 24.7% acceptance rate (87/352)
Academic Service
Conference Review
- ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2023
- ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2025, 2026
- ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), 2025, 2026
- IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), 2025
- ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC), 2025, 2026
- IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2025
- IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2024
- International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI), 2024
Journal Review
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- Electronics Letters
Conference Workshop Organisor
Student Volunteer
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022
Selected Awards
- Outstanding Graduate, Zhejiang University, 2020
- Outstanding Graduate Student Leader, Zhejiang University, 2018
- Outstanding Graduate, Anhui Province, 2017
- Youth May Fourth Medal, Anhui University of Technology, 2017 (Highest Honor for Undergraduate Students)
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Information System Analysis, 2025, Kyoto University
Education
- Kyoto University (Apr. 2022 – Jan. 2026)
Ph.D., Kyoto, Japan - Zhejiang University (Sept. 2017 – June 2020)
M.S., Hangzhou, China - Anhui University of Technology (Sept. 2013 – July 2017)
B.S., Ma’anshan, China
