Papers
91
Total Citations
1,897
H-Index
26
About
Carlos A. Cifuentes is a leading researcher in rehabilitation robotics and human-robot interaction, whose work sits at the intersection of assistive technology, medical engineering, and social robotics. With a body of scholarship spanning over a decade, Cifuentes has made transformative contributions to the development of intelligent systems designed to restore and enhance human mobility. His pioneering work on smart walkers, most notably the AGoRA Walker, has advanced multimodal interaction frameworks that enable nuanced physical and cognitive engagement during gait therapy. His development of the CPWalker robotic platform for children with Cerebral Palsy and his research on IMU-based gait phase detection for lower-limb exoskeletons — particularly for use in resource-limited settings — demonstrate a consistent commitment to accessible, real-world rehabilitation solutions. More recently, Cifuentes has expanded into socially assistive robotics, authoring influential studies on robot deployment in hospital settings during COVID-19 and pioneering long-term cardiac rehabilitation programs using social robots. His most-cited works have collectively garnered hundreds of citations, with his 2020 review on social robots in therapy and care alone accumulating nearly 150 citations, underscoring his growing influence across both engineering and clinical communities worldwide.
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Top Papers
- 1Social Robots in Therapy and Care148 citations · 2020
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- 5Multimodal Human–Robot Interaction for Walker-Assisted Gait70 citations · 2014
- 6Human–robot interaction based on wearable IMU sensor and laser range finder69 citations · 2014
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- 9Social Human-Robot Interaction for Gait Rehabilitation58 citations · 2020
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