Papers
6
Total Citations
107
H-Index
4
About
Dimitra Anastasiou is a leading researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI), multimodal communication, and socially assistive robotics. Her work fundamentally explores how robots can understand and use human-like gestures, speech, and social cues to create more natural, effective interactions. A major contribution is her development of the multimodal conversational system for the Nao humanoid robot, integrating the WikiTalk open-domain dialogue system to enable fluid, topic-driven conversation (57 citations). This foundational work has been extended through user studies evaluating human-robot interaction (17 citations) and deep investigations into the role of gesture in social telepresence robots for collaborative problem-solving (17 citations). Demonstrating the breadth of her impact, Anastasiou has also applied her expertise in gesture recognition to assistive technologies, including intelligent wheelchairs (4 citations), and has recently ventured into surgical robotics, using deep learning to predict errors and skill levels in robotic prostatectomy suturing (8 citations). Her research consistently pushes toward more intuitive, socially aware robotic systems capable of meaningful collaboration with humans.
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Top Papers
- 1Multimodal conversational interaction with a humanoid robot57 citations · 2012
- 2Evaluation of WikiTalk – User Studies of Human-Robot Interaction17 citations · 2013
- 3Social Telepresence Robots17 citations · 2018
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- 6Gestures Used by Intelligent Wheelchair Users4 citations · 2012