Mareike Schule
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Mareike Schuler is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on trust dynamics in healthcare robotics. Her work investigates how patients develop trust in hospital transport robots, examining the interplay between user dispositions, anxiety, and robot characteristics in high-stakes medical environments. Her most cited paper, "Patients' Trust in Hospital Transport Robots" (2022), has garnered 12 citations and provides critical insights into designing robot interactions for scenarios characterized by vulnerability and uncertainty. Schuler's research bridges psychology and robotics, offering evidence-based frameworks for deploying autonomous systems in clinical settings where patient safety and emotional comfort are paramount. By identifying key factors that influence trust formation—from individual user traits to robot design features—her work directly informs the development of more acceptable and effective healthcare robots. Her contributions are particularly valuable as hospitals increasingly integrate robotic systems for logistics and patient transport, making her findings essential for engineers, clinicians, and policymakers working to ensure these technologies enhance rather than compromise patient care.
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