Carolina Fuentes
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About
Carolina Fuentes is a leading researcher at the intersection of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and socially assistive robotics, with a focused commitment to improving care for aging populations. Her work critically examines the dynamics of trust and acceptance in robot-assisted care, particularly from the perspective of unpaid carers and older adults. In her highly cited 2024 study, she conducted an exploratory analysis of trust in socially assistive robot interactions with unpaid carers, revealing the nuanced socio-technical factors that influence successful adoption. Fuentes also addresses critical gaps in global research, as demonstrated by her 2025 study on robot embodiment and user engagement among older adults in Pakistan, a vital contribution from the Global South. Beyond care, she tackles technical challenges in HRI, co-authoring work on "RoboClean," which develops contextual language grounding for robots in low-resource, specialized environments. With a growing citation impact, Fuentes is a rising voice in making assistive robotics both trustworthy and globally inclusive.
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