Txelo Ruiz

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Txelo Ruiz is a pioneering researcher in social robotics, with a focus on human-robot interaction, body language, and autonomous behavior. Her work centers on making robots more socially aware and expressive, particularly through the development of systems that enable robots to mimic human gestures, respond to emotional cues, and engage in creative performances. One of her most influential contributions is the "Humanizing NAO robot teleoperation using ROS" (33 citations), which introduced speech and gesture-based teleoperation tools for the NAO robot, including support for the Basque language. Ruiz has also explored the intersection of robotics and cultural performance, notably through the BertsoBot project, which uses Basque improvised poetry (bertsolaritza) to enhance robot body language and social interaction. Her work on adaptive emotional chatting behavior and self-body awareness has furthered the goal of creating truly autonomous social robots. With a portfolio of papers that collectively advance the fields of teleoperation, emotional expression, and multi-robot collaboration, Ruiz is a key figure in making robots more intuitive, engaging, and culturally aware.

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1. 1
   Humanizing NAO robot teleoperation using ROS

   33 citations · 2014
2. 2
   Singing minstrel robots, a means for improving social behaviors

   10 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Adaptive Emotional Chatting Behavior to Increase the Sociability of Robots

   7 citations · 2017
4. 4
   GidaBot: a system of heterogeneous robots collaborating as guides in multi-floor environments

   5 citations · 2019
5. 5
   Minstrel robots: Body language expression through applause evaluation

   3 citations · 2016
6. 6
   On how self-body awareness improves autonomy in social robots

   2 citations · 2017
7. 7
   Body Self-Awareness for Social Robots

   2 citations · 2017

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