Conrad Fifelski
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Total Citations
70
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About
Conrad Fifelski is a researcher specializing in healthcare robotics, human-robot collaboration, and assistive technologies for nursing care. His work addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern healthcare: the physical burden placed on nursing staff through demanding manual patient handling tasks, which contributes significantly to musculoskeletal disorders, sick leave, and early career departure among caregivers. Fifelski's most influential contribution, "Providing Physical Relief for Nurses by Collaborative Robotics" (2022, 25 citations), demonstrates his commitment to developing practical robotic solutions individually adaptable to nurses' physical capacities. Complementing this, his rule-based robotic assistance system for repositioning tasks (2022, 15 citations) and his transfer robot design study (2020, 13 citations) together form a cohesive body of work that systematically explores how robotics can be integrated into care environments to reduce physical strain. Beyond physical assistance, Fifelski has pioneered the application of virtual reality and multi-depth-camera systems for real-time telepresence in caregiving (2020, 11 citations), reflecting a forward-thinking approach particularly relevant in the post-COVID healthcare landscape. With over 70 cumulative citations, his research is making meaningful inroads into a field where technological innovation could directly improve the health and sustainability of the global caregiving workforce.
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- 1Providing physical relief for nurses by collaborative robotics25 citations · 2022
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