Papers
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Total Citations
204
H-Index
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About
Hasti Seifi is a human-computer interaction researcher whose work sits at the dynamic intersection of haptics, social robotics, and assistive technology. Her early contributions established foundational frameworks for understanding multisensory haptic interactions, exploring how cutaneous and kinesthetic feedback shape user experience — work that has garnered over 60 citations and continues to influence interface design. Seifi's research has since evolved toward a particularly meaningful frontier: designing robots that can meaningfully touch and be touched by humans. Her pioneering investigations into hugging robots, including six validated design guidelines for autonomous intra-hug gestures, represent a landmark contribution to affective human-robot interaction, earning over 50 citations. A defining thread throughout her work is accessibility — she has developed tactile-sensing systems and empathetic robot companions specifically for children with autism, helping these technologies better recognize and respond to children's emotional and physical needs. Seifi has also advanced practical methods for augmenting existing robots like NAO with social-touch perception, making her contributions immediately deployable. Through systematic reviews of physical human-robot interaction and user perception studies of robot hands, she continues to chart new territory, building the empirical foundations that will guide the next generation of touch-aware, socially intelligent robots.
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Top Papers
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- 4A Haptic Empathetic Robot Animal for Children with Autism20 citations · 2021
- 5Endowing a NAO Robot With Practical Social-Touch Perception18 citations · 2022
- 6Charting User Experience in Physical Human–Robot Interaction12 citations · 2024
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- 9Clustering Social Touch Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction2 citations · 2023
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