Fokie Cnossen

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Fokie Cnossen is a leading researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction, healthcare technology, and social robotics. Her work focuses on designing intelligent robotic systems that support health self-management, rehabilitation, and personalized care for aging populations and individuals with chronic conditions. Cnossen’s most influential contribution is the design and evaluation of persuasive social behaviors for robotic assistants, as detailed in her highly cited 2009 paper (246 citations), which demonstrated how robots can effectively encourage older adults to manage their own health. She also developed foundational guidelines for socially intelligent health-assistance robots (59 citations), addressing the growing need for self-care support in an aging world. Her research extends to pediatric engagement, where she applied Bayesian approaches to personalize game difficulty in social robot interactions (46 citations), and to stroke rehabilitation, contributing to the user interface design for the iPAM system (21 citations). Cnossen’s work has been recognized through her role in organizing the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (2006, 112 citations), underscoring her leadership in shaping the field of socially assistive robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Persuasive robotic assistant for health self-management of older adults: Design and evaluation of social behaviors

   246 citations · 2009
2. 2
   Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

   112 citations · 2006
3. 3
   Incorporating guidelines for health assistance into a socially intelligent robot

   59 citations · 2006
4. 4
   Personalising game difficulty to keep children motivated to play with a social robot: A Bayesian approach

   46 citations · 2016
5. 5
   Developing a user interface for the iPAM stroke rehabilitation system

   21 citations · 2009

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