Venkata Ratnadeep Suri
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About
Venkata Ratnadeep Suri is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction, assistive technology, and special education, with a focused commitment to the Global South. His work critically examines the deployment of social robots for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), moving beyond technical feasibility to address the nuanced socio-cultural barriers to adoption. Suri’s major contributions include mapping robotic affordances to pre-requisite learning interventions, demonstrating how robot-assisted therapy can scaffold foundational cognitive skills for children with ASD. His most impactful study, “It looks useful, works just fine, but will it replace me?” (2024), uniquely centers the perspectives of special educators in India—a voice largely absent from prior research dominated by the Global North. By revealing educators’ perceptions of social robots, Suri highlights critical issues of trust, job security, and cultural relevance. Though his most-cited papers each have 4 citations, their influence is growing within the nascent field of socially assistive robotics in developing contexts. Suri’s work is notable for its ethical grounding and its challenge to one-size-fits-all technological solutions, making him a key voice for inclusive, context-aware innovation in autism care.
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