With a background in Electronic Engineering, Emma has experience in both software and hardware development. Her research areas include human-AI interactions, human-robot interactions, haptic technologies, multisensory communication, pervasive and wearable computing. She developed the world’s first kiss messenger, a mobile device for transmitting kissing sensations over the Internet. Her work has received worldwide media attention and has been featured in numerous TV programmes and news articles including BBC, Discovery Channel, Wired, The Times, Huffington Post, Fuji TV, Canal+ etc. She was invited to display her work in numerous public exhibitions and museums such as the Ars Electronica Festival, VivaTech, and Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. She is co-author of the book Human-Robot Intimate Relationships by Springer.With a background in Electronic Engineering, Emma has experience in both software and hardware development. Her research areas include human-AI interactions, human-robot interactions, haptic technologies, multisensory communication, pervasive and wearable computing. She developed the world’s first kiss messenger, a mobile device for transmitting kissing sensations over the Internet. Her work has received worldwide media attention and has been featured in numerous TV programmes and news articles including BBC, Discovery Channel, Wired, The Times, Huffington Post, Fuji TV, Canal+ etc. She was invited to display her work in numerous public exhibitions and museums such as the Ars Electronica Festival, VivaTech, and Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. She is co-author of the book Human-Robot Intimate Relationships by Springer.

Emma Yann Zhang

Ph.D. candidate in AI with publications on human-machine interactions and haptic technologies

Research Expertise

Human-Robot Interaction

Affective Computing

Haptic Technology

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Publications

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

Human–Computer Interaction Series

2019

Kissenger

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

2016

Kissenger: Transmitting Kiss Through the Internet

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Kissenger – Development of a Real-Time Internet Kiss Communication Interface for Mobile Phones

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

2017

Forming Intimate Human-Robot Relationships Through A Kissing Machine

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Human Agent Interaction

2016

Sex and a History of Sex Technologies

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Electrical machine for remote kissing, and engineering measurement of its remote communication effects, including modified Turing test

Journal of Future Robot Life

2020

Huggy Pajama: Remote Hug System for Family Communication

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Exploring the role of robotic kissing “Kissenger” in digital communication through alan turing's imitation game

IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

2017

From Turing to Transformers: A Comprehensive Review and Tutorial on the Evolution and Applications of Generative Transformer Models

Sci

2023

Are Robots Alive?

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Emotional Relationships with Robotic Companions

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

An Overview of Love Between Humans and Artificial Partners

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Populist Human-Computer Interface

Analyzing Current and Future Global Trends in Populism

2022

Why Not Marry a Robot?

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Artificial intelligence in the battle against COVID-19: A comprehensive review

Artificial Intelligence in Health

2024

Wearable technology in emotive communication: An in-depth exploration of the kiss transfer mechanism and its implications for human-human interactions

Wearable Technology

2023

From Turing to Transformers: A Comprehensive Review and Tutorial on the Evolution and Capabilities of Generative Models

Unknown Venue

2023

Populism in Robots

Analyzing Current and Future Global Trends in Populism

2022

Can Robots and Humans Make Babies Together?

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Robots and Humans: Similar and Different Ways of Thinking

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

The Ethical Treatment of Artificially Conscious Robots

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

Emotional Priming of Text Messages Using Colour and Tactile Expressions

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

A Virtual Confucius Chatbot

Human–Robot Intimate Relationships

2019

社会的情報処理と自己制御との関連

The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association

2007

Efficient multiplexing and demultiplexing of free-space orbital angular momentum using photonic integrated circuits

Optical Fiber Communication Conference

2012

Primary Hyperparathyroidism: a Giant and Unusual Location of Parathyroid Adenoma

Unknown Venue

2022

Lovotics

Oxford Scholarship Online

2017

A multimodal networked kissing machine for mobile phones

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct

2016

A networked device for reproducing multisensory kissing

Proceedings of the 2016 workshop on Multimodal Virtual and Augmented Reality

2016

Delivering haptic sensations in mobile marketing

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

2015

Education

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

PhD, Artificial Intelligence / July, 2025 (anticipated)

Nanjing

Experience

Frost Digi Ventures

AI Lead / February, 2023 — February, 2024

• Led the AI team in developing and implementing an AI RAG application for the company, conducting meetings and ensuring the success of project deliveries. • Conducted extensive research on AI solutions and implemented AI systems and ML models to enhance the company's data science and AI capabilities. • Supported the recruitment, onboarding, and training of the Data Science and AI team, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and best practices.

Tamo Robotics (Entrepreneur First)

Cofounder / January, 2021 — September, 2021

Designed and prototyped an interactive social robot for children. • Developed an Android app that connects to robot, performs speech recognition tasks, touch sensing • Responsible for customer research, ideation, prototype design and development • Agile and scrum environment

Imagineering Institute

Research Engineer / September, 2015 — June, 2018

• Developed a robotic system for transmitting touch sensations over the Internet • Digital multisensory research – designed and implemented digital taste and smell systems • Developed and managed websites and internal staff reporting system • Managed small teams of engineers and staff on various projects • Keynote speeches and demonstrations at international conferences and exhibitions • Organising chair of international conferences

Facebook

Developer Support Engineer / September, 2020 — January, 2021

Provided first level technical support for the Facebook developers community • Used the Developer Bug tool to analyse bug report data and make recommendations for future updates to internal tools

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