Kavya Puthuveetil
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4
Total Citations
33
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3
About
Kavya Puthuveetil is a pioneering researcher in physically assistive robotics, with a focus on enabling robots to safely and effectively interact with people in bed. Her work bridges simulation, perception, and human-robot trust, tackling the critical challenge of manipulating deformable objects—like blankets—around human bodies. Her most cited paper, "Bodies Uncovered" (17 citations), introduces a physics simulation approach for learning to manipulate blankets, a foundational step toward robots assisting with daily self-care tasks such as bathing and dressing. She further advances this with "Robust Body Exposure (RoBE)" (2 citations), a graph-based dynamics model for blanket manipulation. Puthuveetil also explores liquid identification through pre-touch sensing in "SLURP!" (9 citations), expanding robot perception to everyday containers. Her work on trust, "Do Mistakes Matter?" (5 citations), investigates how different age groups respond to robot errors—a crucial insight for deploying assistive robots in care settings. With a growing citation impact and a focus on real-world applications, Puthuveetil is shaping the future of robotic caregivers that are both capable and trusted by users.
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- 2SLURP! Spectroscopy of Liquids Using Robot Pre-Touch Sensing9 citations · 2023
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