Thibault Asselborn
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)
Papers
14
Total Citations
358
H-Index
8
About
Thibault Asselborn is a researcher whose work spans two distinct yet complementary domains: educational robotics and human-robot interaction, with a secondary thread in biomechanics and motor behavior. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to robot-assisted handwriting education, particularly through the CoWriter platform, where social robots serve as learning companions that children teach to write — a paradigm that leverages the "learning by teaching" effect to motivate skill development. His work has addressed dysgraphia treatment (58 citations), tangible haptic robot activities for special education (34 citations), and literacy challenges in Kazakhstan's transition from Cyrillic to Latin script (51 citations), demonstrating both clinical and cross-cultural reach. Asselborn has also explored how anthropomorphic robot behaviors, such as idle gestures, shape children's perceptions of robots (22 citations). His most-cited work (107 citations) examines insect locomotion, revealing that the tripod gait is favored during climbing for stability rather than speed. Collectively, his research highlights a commitment to designing human-centered robotic systems that solve real-world educational and rehabilitation challenges, with growing influence across robotics, special education, and cognitive science communities.
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Top Papers
- 1Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits107 citations · 2017
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- 5Bringing letters to life23 citations · 2018
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- 7CoWriting Kazakh21 citations · 2020
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