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Daria Trinitatova is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of virtual reality (VR), haptics, and human-robot interaction, with a focus on making teleoperation more intuitive and effective. Her work centers on developing novel interfaces that bridge the gap between human operators and autonomous robotic systems, particularly for warehouse inventory management and aerial manipulation. Trinitatova’s major contributions include the creation of WareVR, a VR-based supervision interface for warehouse stocktaking robots (33 citations), and DeltaTouch, a wearable 3D haptic display that delivers multimodal tactile stimuli to the palm (26 citations). She has systematically explored how cutaneous, vibrotactile, electro-tactile, and kinesthetic feedback enhance telemanipulation tasks, demonstrating that richer haptic cues reduce cognitive load and improve spatio-temporal coordination. Her studies on the effectiveness of wearable haptic interfaces for VR-based teleoperation (15 citations) and the role of electro-tactile feedback in delicate object grasping (9 citations) have advanced understanding of sensory substitution in remote robotics. Trinitatova’s latest work, FiDTouch (2025), extends her haptic display innovations to the fingertip, promising new applications in VR training and remote surgery. Her research consistently combines hardware innovation with rigorous user studies, making her a leading voice in creating more immersive, effective human-robot interfaces.