Alberto Tudela
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Total Citations
48
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About
Alberto Tudela is a robotics researcher whose work centers on Socially Assistive Robots (SARs), Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on improving the quality of life for elderly populations. His most influential contribution, "Towards Long Term Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots in Retirement Houses" (2020, 18 citations), tackled one of the field's most pressing challenges — ensuring that assistive robots are not merely adopted but sustainably integrated into care environments through user-centered design processes. This foundational work has shaped subsequent research evaluating how robots perform in real-world retirement settings, as reflected in his user-centered evaluations and the "Town Crier" use case, which demonstrated practical deployment strategies for SAR systems. Tudela has also advanced the technical infrastructure underpinning these ecosystems, including CRDT-based knowledge synchronization for Internet of Robotics Things platforms and Cyber-Physical System-of-Systems architectures for home-based elder care. His broader engineering versatility is evident in contributions ranging from multimodal object recognition for social robots to low-cost adaptive prosthetic hands. With over 40 cumulative citations, Tudela's research bridges the gap between cutting-edge robotics engineering and compassionate, human-centered care innovation.
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- 6Multimodal Object Recognition Module for Social Robots2 citations · 2022
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- 8Design and Implementation of a Low Cost 3D Printed Adaptive Hand2 citations · 2018
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