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Gabriella is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Hertfordshire. She completed her PhD in the field of Ethology analyzing Human-Dog Interactions, after which she transferred her skills to the field of human-robot interactions. Gabriella has extensive experience in the fields of human-robot interactions and robot-assisted therapy for children with autism. She participated in several large-scale European projects such as LIREC and BabyRobot, as well as in the EPSRC funded project Trustworthy Robotic Assistants. More recently, she has also been involved as a CoI of the UKRI TAS hub's pump priming round one project Kaspar explains, the EPSRC Network+ project EMERGENCE, the EU ERASMUS+ EMBOA project, and the Kaspar for Speech and Language Therapy project funded by the Baily Thomas Charitable Fund.
Research interests
Human-Robot Interaction; Etho-Robotics; Assistive Robotics; Social Robotics
Teaching specialisms
Human-centred computing; Ethical and legal aspects of computer science; Experimental design; Research methods; Human-Robot Interactions
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SWAG: SOFT WEARABLE ASSISTIVE GARMENTS FOR HUMAN EMPOWERMENT
Amirabdollahian, F., Holthaus, P., Lakatos, G., Resende Faria, D. & Romero Moreno, F.
1/11/23 → 31/10/27
Project: Research
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EMERGENCE: Tackling Frailty - Facilitating the Emergence of Healthcare Robots from Labs into Service
Amirabdollahian, F., Holthaus, P. & Lakatos, G.
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Hospital@home: Hospital at home, a virtual ward concept to bridge the health and social care gap
Amirabdollahian, F., Holthaus, P., Lakatos, G. & Dickinson, A.
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Kaspar explains: the impact of explanation on human-robot trust using an educational platform
Amirabdollahian, F., Robins, B., Wood, L., Lakatos, G. & Holthaus, P.
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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A feasibility study of using Kaspar, a humanoid robot for speech and language therapy for children with learning disabilities
Lakatos, G., Sarda Gou, M., Holthaus, P., Wood, L., Moros Espanol, S., Lichfield, V., Robins, B. & Amirabdollahian, F., 13 Nov 2023, 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 32 ed. Busan, Korea, Republic of: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1233-1238 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Kaspar Explains: The Effect of Causal Explanations on Visual Perspective Taking Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sarda Gou, M., Lakatos, G., Holthaus, P., Robins, B., Moros Espanol, S., Wood, L., Araujo, H., deGraft-Hanson, C. A. E., Mousavi, M. R. & Amirabdollahian, F., 13 Nov 2023, 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 32 ed. Busan, Korea, Republic of: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1407-1412 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Communicative Robot Signals: Presenting a New Typology for Human-Robot Interaction
Holthaus, P., Schulz, T., Lakatos, G. & Soma, R., 13 Mar 2023, HRI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM Press, p. 132-141 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Kaspar Causally Explains
Araujo, H., Holthaus, P., Sarda Gou, M., Lakatos, G., Galizia, G., Wood, L., Robins, B., Mousavi, M. & Amirabdollahian, F., 2 Feb 2023, Social Robotics: Proceedings of 14thInternational Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Part II. Cavallo, F., Cabibihan, J-J., Fiorini, L., Sorrentino, A., He, H., Liu, X., Matsumoto, Y. & Ge, S. S. (eds.). Florence, Italy: Springer Nature, Vol. LNAI 13818. p. 85-99 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Towards understanding causality-a retrospective study of using explanations in interactions between a humanoid robot and autistic children
Sarda Gou, M., Lakatos, G., Holthaus, P., Wood, L., Mousavi, M., Robins, B. & Amirabdollahian, F., 30 Sept 2022, 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN): Social, Asocial, and Antisocial Robots. Napoli, Italy: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 323-328 6 p. (RO-MAN 2022 - 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: Social, Asocial, and Antisocial Robots).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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