Patricia Alves-Oliveira

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CHI '26CorrespondingRobots in Education & Healthcare +2

Robot-Assisted Social Dining as a White Glove Service

Robot-assisted feeding enables people with disabilities who require assistance eating to enjoy a meal independently and with dignity. However, existing systems have only been tested in-lab or in-home, leaving in-the-wild social dining contexts (e.g., restaurants) largely unexplored. Designing a robot for such contexts…

DIS '25CorrespondingVR Medical Training & Rehabilitation +2

Robot Characters for Innovative Medical Eye Exams in Kids

We contribute to new design directions towards robots that can socially engage with pediatric patients while imaging their eyes reliably. Eye imaging is essential to diagnose and manage ocular diseases, but practically impossible to conduct due to children’s fear and aversion during the exam. Pediatric patients freque…

HRI '232nd AuthorMotor Impairment Assistive Input Technologies +2

Design Principles for Robot-Assisted Feeding in Social Contexts

Social dining, i.e., eating with/in company, is replete with meaning and cultural significance. Unfortunately, for the 1.8 million Americans with motor impairments who cannot eat without assistance, challenges restrict them from enjoying this pleasant social ritual. In this work, we identify the needs of participants…

UIST '221st AuthorSocial Robot Interaction +1

FLEX-SDK: An Open-Source Software Development Kit for Creating Social Robots

We present FLEX-SDK: an open-source software development kit that allows creating a social robot from two simple tablet screens. FLEX-SDK involves tools for designing the robot face and its facial expressions, creating screens for input/output interactions, controlling the robot through a Wizard-of-Oz interface, and s…

DIS '211st AuthorSocial Robot Interaction +2

Collection of Metaphors for Human-Robot Interaction

The word “robot” frequently conjures unrealistic expectations of utilitarian perfection: tireless, efficient, and flawless agents. However, real-world robots are far from perfect - they fail and make mistakes. Thus, roboticists should consider altering their current assumptions and cultivating new perspectives that ac…

CC '211st AuthorSTEM Education & Science Communication +2

Robotics-Based Interventions for Children’s Creativity

Robots have massively been introduced in children's lives, showing promising effects on education and learning. Parallel to this, children's creative levels show a decline related to different factors, including the standardized teaching and learning dynamics present in traditional school systems. This work aims to in…

HRI '201st AuthorSTEM Education & Science Communication +1

Creativity Encounters between Children and Robots

Creativity is an intrinsic human ability with multiple benefits across the lifespan. Despite its importance, societies not always are well equipped with contexts for creativity stimulation; as a consequence, a major decline in creative abilities occurs at the age of 7 years old. We investigated the effectiveness of us…

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