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About
Roxanna Pakkar is a leading researcher in socially assistive robotics (SAR), with a focus on developing personalized, long-term robotic interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Her work bridges robotics, human-computer interaction, and education, pioneering systems that adapt to individual users over extended periods. Her most cited paper (133 citations) demonstrates the feasibility of in-home SAR for children with ASD, showing how robots can sustain engagement and support social development beyond short-term lab studies. Pakkar also innovates in mixed reality, using expressive virtual arms to enhance low-expressivity robots (41 citations) and creating "Kinesthetic Curiosity" — a mixed reality robot tutor that teaches programming through embodied, hands-on learning. Her contributions include designing robots for long-term, real-world use and developing usability metrics for kinesthetic, mixed-reality tutoring environments. By combining personalization, mixed reality, and longitudinal design, Pakkar is shaping the next generation of assistive technologies that are both adaptive and accessible, with significant implications for therapy, education, and inclusive human-robot interaction.
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