Marina Maestrutti

Télécom Paris, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Marina Maestrutti is a leading researcher at the intersection of gerontechnology, human-robot interaction, and assistive robotics, with a particular focus on supporting aging populations and individuals with cognitive impairments. Her foundational work, "Caregivers' requirements for in-home robotic agent for supporting community-living elderly subjects with cognitive impairment" (53 citations), established critical design frameworks by centering the needs of family caregivers—a key but often overlooked stakeholder group. This research directly informed her subsequent study on robotic agents for elderly people with memory complaints (28 citations), where she pioneered user-centered methodologies to align robotic assistance with the real-world preferences of older adults. Maestrutti’s contributions extend beyond technical performance; her work "Robotic Prosthetics: Moving Beyond Technical Performance" (9 citations) critically examines why many robotic devices remain unused, arguing that successful adoption requires understanding the embodied, social, and emotional dimensions of human-robot interaction. By bridging engineering with social science, Maestrutti has shaped a more humane vision of assistive technology, ensuring that robots designed for care are not just functional but truly appropriated by their users.