I am a Principal Scientist at Honda Research Institute, working on human-robot interaction, multimodal AI, and interactive robotic systems. My research explores how robots can better understand, respond to, and physically interact with people through language, vision, gaze, human behavior, motion, and touch.

My recent work spans multimodal human understanding, expressive robot behavior, physical human-robot interaction, XR teleoperation, robot learning, and AI-driven interaction systems. I enjoy working across the full prototyping process, from interaction concepts and system design to building real-time software, integrating AI models, and deploying experiments on physical robots.

I received my PhD in HCI from Eindhoven University of Technology and my master's degree in Interaction/Industrial Design from Zhejiang University. Before joining Honda Research Institute, I worked as a Creative Technologist at NIO, where I contributed to expressive human-machine interaction and the in-vehicle social robot NOMI.

My background spans design, HCI, AI, and robotics. This combination shapes how I approach research: I am particularly interested in building intelligent machines that are not only capable, but also understandable, expressive, adaptive, and enjoyable for people to interact with.

Selected Publications:

Wang, C., Weisswange, T. H., Krueger, M., & Wiebel-Herboth, C. B. (2021). Human-Vehicle Cooperation on Prediction-Level: Enhancing Automated Driving with Human Foresight. arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.03019. Accepted by IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV21) Wang, C., Krüger, M., & Wiebel-Herboth, C. B. (2020, September). “Watch out!”: Prediction-Level Intervention for Automated Driving. In 12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (pp. 169-180). Wang, C., Terken, J., Hu, J., & Rauterberg, M. (2020). Enhancing social closeness between drivers by digital augmentation. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 36(5), 477-494. Wang, C., Terken, J., Hu, J., & Rauterberg, M. (2016, October). " Likes" and" Dislikes" on the Road: A Social Feedback System for Improving Driving Behavior. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (pp. 43-50). Wang, C., Terken, J., & Hu, J. (2017, March). CarNote: Reducing misunderstanding between drivers by digital augmentation. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 85-94).

Things I do after work

I love cycling, photography and flying drones.