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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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SWAG: SOFT WEARABLE ASSISTIVE GARMENTS FOR HUMAN EMPOWERMENT
Alingal-Meethal, S. (Researcher), Amirabdollahian, F. (PI), Holthaus, P. (Researcher), Lakatos, G. (Researcher) & Shahabian Alashti, M. R. (Researcher)
4/03/24 → 1/03/27
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. (PI), Holthaus, P. (CoI), Lakatos, G. (CoI) & Dickinson, A. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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SWAG: SOFT WEARABLE ASSISTIVE GARMENTS FOR HUMAN EMPOWERMENT
Amirabdollahian, F. (PI), Holthaus, P. (CoI), Lakatos, G. (CoI), Resende Faria, D. (CoI) & Romero Moreno, F. (CoI)
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. (PI), Holthaus, P. (CoI) & Lakatos, G. (CoI)
1/01/22 → 31/05/25
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
Amirabdollahian, F. (PI), Robins, B. (CoI), Wood, L. (CoI) & Lakatos, G. (CoI)
1/02/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Anticipating breakdowns with Kaspar: can children predict potential problems when interacting with a humanoid social robot?
Moros Espanol, S., Holthaus, P., Lakatos, G., Menon, C., Velmurugan, V. & Wood, L., 7 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) International Conference on Robotics in Education (RIE 2025). Springer Nature SwitzerlandResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Canine genome-wide association study identifies DENND1B as an obesity gene in dogs and humans
Wallis, N. J., McClellan, A., Mörseburg, A., Kentistou, K. A., Jamaluddin, A., Dowsett, G. K. C., Schofield, E., Morros-Nuevo, A., Saeed, S., Lam, B. Y. H., Sumanasekera, N. T., Chan, J., Kumar, S. S., Zhang, R. M., Wainwright, J. F., Dittmann, M., Lakatos, G., Rainbow, K., Withers, D. & Bounds, R. & 12 others, , 6 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science. p. 1-22 22 p., ads2145.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does a “robot dog” need legs, ears, and tail? A comparative analysis of intention- and emotion-attribution to Miro-E and Unitree Go1
Lakatos, G., Holthaus, P., Sharma, P., Hamilton-Holbrook, T., Riches, L., Velmurugan, V., Moros Espanol, S. & Wood, L., 31 Jan 2025, (Submitted) In: Biologia Futura: A Quarterly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Agency Effects on Robot Trust in Different Age Groups
Holthaus, P., Fallahi, A., Foerster, F., Menon, C., Wood, L. & Lakatos, G., 24 Nov 2024, HAI 2024 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. Ahmad, M. I., Lohan, K., Foster, M. E., Holthaus, P. & Nagai, Y. (eds.). New York: ACM Press, p. 420-422 3 p. (HAI 2024 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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When the Robotic Maths Tutor is Wrong - Can Children Identify Mistakes Generated by ChatGPT?
Helal, M., Holthaus, P., Wood, L., Velmurugan, V., Lakatos, G., Moros Espanol, S. & Amirabdollahian, F., 17 Sept 2024, 2024 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Control, AIRC 2024. Cairo, Egypt: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 83-90 8 p. (2024 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Control, AIRC 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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