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

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)

Efficient Barcode Localization Method for Low-Quality Images

Xiang Pan, Dong Li, Weijia Wu, and Hong Zhou *

International Conference on Graphics and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, China, 2019

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