Gianluca Zia
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About
Gianluca Zia’s research lies at the critical intersection of human-robot interaction, gerontechnology, and rehabilitation care, with a focus on how socially assistive robots can support aging populations and alleviate healthcare workforce shortages. His major contributions include pioneering usability and user experience studies that identify the real-world challenges of deploying robots for monitoring and preventing frailty among older adults. His 2019 paper on this topic, which has garnered 59 citations, remains a foundational reference for researchers designing robots that must be both functional and genuinely acceptable to elderly users. More recently, Zia has investigated the acceptance of social robots among nurses and patients, exploring whether these technologies can fill critical gaps in rehabilitation care. This work addresses a pressing societal need: as healthcare systems strain under aging demographics, Zia’s research provides evidence-based insights into the attitudes and barriers that determine whether robots will be embraced as practical care partners. By centering the voices of both caregivers and care recipients, Zia’s scholarship moves beyond technical feasibility to ask how robots can be integrated ethically and effectively into human-centered healthcare environments.
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