Claudia Di Napoli
Papers
8
Total Citations
157
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About
Claudia Di Napoli is a researcher specializing in socially assistive robotics (SAR), human-robot interaction, and intelligent systems for eldercare and home-care support. Her work sits at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and healthcare, with a particular focus on making robotic systems genuinely useful and acceptable to vulnerable populations, including elderly individuals and those with neurological disorders such as dementia. Di Napoli's most influential contribution, garnering 72 citations, demonstrates the real-world deployment of personalized social robots in home environments — a challenging frontier that few researchers have tackled with field studies. Her research consistently addresses a critical barrier to SAR adoption: personalization. Whether adapting robot behavior to individual personalities, cognitive profiles, or social preferences, she pioneers frameworks that move assistive robotics from laboratory settings into everyday life. Her work on legible robot navigation (28 citations) further extends her impact into socially aware autonomous movement in shared spaces. Architecturally, Di Napoli has contributed layered service frameworks and adaptive workflows that make robotic assistance scalable and practically deployable. Across her career, her cumulative citation record reflects growing recognition of her efforts to bridge engineering rigor with genuine human-centered design — establishing her as a meaningful voice in the future of active assisted living technology.
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- 3A Layered Architecture for Socially Assistive Robotics as a Service21 citations · 2019
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- 5Adaptive Workflows of Home-Care Services13 citations · 2018
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