Aparajita Chowdhury
Papers
8
Total Citations
51
H-Index
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About
Aparajita Chowdhury is a leading voice in human-robot interaction (HRI), with a sharp focus on designing collaborative and social robots that prioritize genuine user experience (UX). Her research spans industrial cobots, social robots in education, and assistive technologies for seniors, consistently arguing that functionality alone is insufficient—pleasure, playfulness, and relatedness are essential design goals. Chowdhury’s most cited work, “User Experience Goals for Designing Industrial Human-Cobot Collaboration” (2020, 21 citations), established a framework for making factory robots not just efficient but enjoyable to work with. She has also pioneered innovative co-learning models, such as bringing school pupils and university students together around social robots to explore data privacy (2023), and creating “Robotour for Seniors” (2025) to boost robot literacy among older adults in care homes. Her investigations into personality design for non-anthropomorphic wellness robots and the accessibility of socially assistive robots for seniors demonstrate a commitment to inclusive, experience-driven technology. By centering the human—whether a factory worker, a child, or an elderly resident—Chowdhury’s work is reshaping how we think about robots as partners, not just tools.
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Top Papers
- 1User Experience Goals for Designing Industrial Human-Cobot Collaboration21 citations · 2020
- 2"The superhero of the university"7 citations · 2020
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- 5Accessibility in Senior-Robot Interactions within Care Homes*3 citations · 2024
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- 8Experiential and Contextual Factors of Social Robots as Public Servants2 citations · 2018