Papers
12
Total Citations
450
H-Index
11
About
Ha Manh is a prominent researcher specializing in assistive robotics, smart home technologies, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on improving quality of life for elderly and disabled populations. His most celebrated contribution, "RiSH: A Robot-Integrated Smart Home for Elderly Care" (2017), has accumulated 178 citations and established a foundational framework for deploying intelligent robotic systems within domestic environments. Building on this work, Ha has made significant strides in social robotics for geriatric care, developing systems capable of conducting clinical screening interviews, cognitive orientation assessments, and medication management through conversational companion robots. His research uniquely bridges technical innovation with practical caregiving needs. He has pioneered sound-based human activity monitoring, auditory perception platforms, and privacy-sensitive situation detection for camera-equipped robots — addressing critical ethical concerns surrounding smart home surveillance. Additional contributions span emotion recognition using wearable ECG sensors, virtual-reality-based telepresence, and human-robot collaborative control systems. With over 430 cumulative citations across his body of work, Ha Manh's research has meaningfully advanced the field of assistive technology, offering scalable, compassionate solutions to the growing global challenge of aging populations living independently at home.
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Top Papers
- 1RiSH: A robot-integrated smart home for elderly care178 citations · 2017
- 2Clinical Screening Interview Using a Social Robot for Geriatric Care49 citations · 2020
- 3Detection of privacy-sensitive situations for social robots in smart homes47 citations · 2016
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- 6Negative Emotion Management Using a Smart Shirt and a Robot Assistant26 citations · 2021
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- 8Human-assisted sound event recognition for home service robots18 citations · 2016
- 9Cognitive orientation assessment for older adults using social robots18 citations · 2017
- 10An open platform of auditory perception for home service robots15 citations · 2015