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Kerstin Dautenhahn
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Research
Latest papers
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Determinants of Social Robot Acceptability Among Patients With Heart Failure: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
JMIR cardio · 2026
Integrating New Instructional Assistive Technology to Support Academic and Behavioural Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities.
Journal of special education technology : a publication of Utah State University, the Association for Special Education Technology, and the Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children · 2026 · senior author
Patching the robot: Perspectives about amblyopia and the feasibility of social robots supporting patching therapy.
Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2025
Latest funding
- $250,000
From eye patches to robots – Using socially interactive technology to improve health outcomes in children with amblyopia
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $150,000
Waterloo Autonomous Golf Cart Testbed
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $240,000
Biologically Inspired Robotics: Intelligent Systems for Trustworthy Human-Robot Co-learning and Adaptation
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
9 publications.
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Determinants of Social Robot Acceptability Among Patients With Heart Failure: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
Maukel LM, Bouchard K, Fiedorowicz JG, Dautenhahn K, Ghafurian M, Coutinho T, McGuinty C, Liu PP, Tulloch H
Integrating New Instructional Assistive Technology to Support Academic and Behavioural Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities.
Chandra S, Fane J, Azizi N, McKenzie-Gray M, Sager M, Dautenhahn K
Patching the robot: Perspectives about amblyopia and the feasibility of social robots supporting patching therapy.
Spafford MM, Stalin A, Yamini A, Dautenhahn K, Thompson B, Christian LWT
The Role of Social Robots in Heart Failure: Exploring Patient Attitudes, Acceptability, and Needs.
Maukel LM, Knight L, Bouchard K, Fiedorowicz JG, Dautenhahn K, Coutinho T, Ghafurian M, Stragapede E, McGuinty C, Liu PP, Tulloch H
Simulation of a Bio-Inspired Flocking-Based Aggregation Behaviour in Swarm Robotics.
Rasouli S, Dautenhahn K, Nehaniv CL
Cardiology professionals' views of social robots in augmenting heart failure patient care.
Bouchard K, Liu PP, Dautenhahn K, Fiedorowicz JG, Afrin J, Dans M, McGuinty C, Tulloch H
An investigation into the use of smart home devices, user preferences, and impact during COVID-19.
Ghafurian M, Ellard C, Dautenhahn K
Potential Applications of Social Robots in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety.
Rasouli S, Gupta G, Nilsen E, Dautenhahn K
The Zoomorphic Miro Robot's Affective Expression Design and Perceived Appearance.
Ghafurian M, Lakatos G, Dautenhahn K
From eye patches to robots – Using socially interactive technology to improve health outcomes in children with amblyopia
Principal investigators: Thompson, Benjamin
Waterloo Autonomous Golf Cart Testbed
Principal investigators: Lashgarian Azad, Nasser
Biologically Inspired Robotics: Intelligent Systems for Trustworthy Human-Robot Co-learning and Adaptation
Principal investigators: Dautenhahn, Kerstin
Keywords: adaptive systems; cognitive architectures; human-robot co-learning; human-robot interaction; robot learning
Canada 150 Research Chair in Intelligent Robotics
Principal investigators: Dautenhahn, Kerstin
Canada 150 Research Chair in Intelligent Robotics
Principal investigators: Dautenhahn, Kerstin
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Heather Tulloch and Karen Bouchard: 29 shared papers
- Kerstin Dautenhahn and Moojan Ghafurian: 4 shared papers
- Heather Tulloch and Kerstin Dautenhahn: 3 shared papers
- Karen Bouchard and Kerstin Dautenhahn: 3 shared papers
- Heather Tulloch and Moojan Ghafurian: 2 shared papers
- Karen Bouchard and Moojan Ghafurian: 2 shared papers
- Benjamin Thompson and Kerstin Dautenhahn: 1 shared paper
- Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Waterloo
- Systems Design Engineering
- Medicine
- School of Optometry and Vision Science
- Other
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