Lorena Maria Genua

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Lorena Maria Genua is an emerging researcher specializing in human-robot interaction, shared autonomy, and mobile humanoid robotics, with a particular focus on healthcare and assistive applications. Her work sits at the intersection of remote robot control, autonomous manipulation, and human-robot collaboration — areas of growing importance as robotic systems are increasingly deployed in hospitals and assisted living facilities. Genua's most recognized contribution is her 2023 paper introducing a shared autonomous nursing robot assistant featuring a dynamic, motorized workspace structure. This innovative system enables flexible integration of robot components and autonomous adjustment of mobile manipulation capabilities, representing a meaningful step forward in practical nursing robotics. The paper has already garnered 6 citations, reflecting solid early impact for a recent publication. Her 2025 follow-up work on human-robot collaboration explores torso-arm coordination for remotely controlled humanoid robots, addressing the challenge of leveraging kinematic redundancy to improve reachability and manipulability in complex environments. Together, these contributions position Genua as a thoughtful contributor to the development of safe, adaptable, and operator-friendly robotic systems — research with genuine implications for the future of healthcare automation and assistive technology.