Papers
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Total Citations
319
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About
Outi Tuisku is a Finnish researcher whose work sits at the intersection of care robotics, welfare services, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on elder care contexts. Her research has made significant contributions to understanding how care robots are perceived, implemented, and integrated into healthcare settings across Europe. Tuisku's most-cited work explores the perspectives of multiple stakeholders — including older adults, assistant nurses, care workers, and decision-makers — on the adoption of robotic technology in welfare services. Her 2018 paper examining public discourse around the Zora robot in Finnish elderly care (67 citations) and her 2020 study on care robot orientation (71 citations) highlight her ability to capture nuanced human responses to emerging technologies. She has also examined broader systemic questions, including the socio-technical transitions shaping elder care futures (60 citations) and Finland's care robotics innovation ecosystem (27 citations). A co-author of the influential *Robotics in Care Services: A Finnish Roadmap* (2017), Tuisku has helped shape national policy thinking on welfare technology. Across her body of work, she consistently centers equity, preparedness, and ethical implementation, making her research essential reading for scholars and practitioners navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of care robotics.
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- 1Care Robot Orientation: What, Who and How? Potential Users’ Perceptions71 citations · 2020
- 2“Robots do not replace a nurse with a beating heart”67 citations · 2018
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- 9Robotics in Care Services : A Finnish Roadmap10 citations · 2017
- 109 Assistive robots in care: Expectations and perceptions of older people9 citations · 2020