Daniel J. Brooks
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Toyota Research Institute
Papers
10
Total Citations
165
H-Index
6
About
Daniel J. Brooks is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), with a particular focus on accessible social telepresence robotics and natural language communication. His work centers on designing semi-autonomous telepresence robots that empower individuals with special needs—such as residents of healthcare facilities—to participate in remote social activities, directly improving quality of life. Brooks’s most cited paper (52 citations) presents a case study on accessible HRI for telepresence robots, while his iterative design research (25 citations) chronicles the development of a semi-autonomous platform. He has also made significant contributions to enabling continuous, flexible natural language interaction with autonomous robots (24 citations), allowing operators to communicate with robots as subordinate agents. Beyond telepresence, Brooks has advanced indoor probabilistic localization using self-contained landmarks (12 citations) and explored haptic joystick designs for shared robot control. His work on robot failure communication paradigms (5 citations) addresses critical trust and safety issues in HRI. With a career spanning foundational design, user-centered evaluation, and autonomous systems, Brooks’s research continues to shape how robots collaborate with humans in real-world, socially meaningful contexts.
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Top Papers
- 1Accessible Human-Robot Interaction for Telepresence Robots: A Case Study52 citations · 2015
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- 6Towards State Summarization for Autonomous Robots10 citations · 2010
- 7Design of a haptic joystick for shared robot control6 citations · 2012
- 8Design of a 2D joystick for robot control based on a 6 DOF haptic device5 citations · 2013
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- 10Sense, plan, triple jump2 citations · 2015