Alexandru Bundea
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About
Alexandru Bundea is a researcher specializing in human-robot interaction, social robotics, and neurorehabilitation technology, with a particular focus on deploying humanoid robots as therapeutic coaches for post-stroke patients. His work centers on the development and refinement of interaction systems for the Softbank humanoid robot Pepper, addressing the significant engineering challenges involved in creating flexible, meaningful dialogue between robots and human users in clinical settings. Bundea's major contributions include designing digitalized training task frameworks, engineering robust interaction and dialogue systems, and developing comprehensive user models that account for the perspectives of patients, therapists, and robots alike. His research draws on implicit expert knowledge to inform the design of motivation-driven neurorehabilitation therapies, and he has critically examined the limitations of traditional human-centered design methodologies when applied to complex medical software contexts. With a body of work accumulating over 35 citations across eight publications between 2020 and 2022, Bundea has established himself as a productive voice in the emerging field of socially assistive robotics. His interdisciplinary approach — bridging robotics engineering, clinical rehabilitation, and user experience design — offers meaningful insights for researchers and developers working to make robot-assisted therapy a practical and patient-centered reality.
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