Ali Ghorbandaei Pour
Papers
8
Total Citations
218
H-Index
6
About
Ali Ghorbandaei Pour is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of social robotics, human-robot interaction, and assistive technology. His most impactful work centers on developing robotic and virtual systems that can perceive, express, and reciprocate human emotions—particularly for therapeutic and educational applications. His landmark 2018 study on a human-robot facial expression reciprocal interaction platform, cited over 100 times, demonstrated how robots can engage children with autism in meaningful social exchanges. Pour also introduced the groundbreaking Social Virtual Reality Robot (V2R) concept, merging VR with robotics to teach music and assess behaviors in children with autism. Beyond healthcare, he has innovated in the fashion industry with RoMa, a hi-tech robotic mannequin for visual merchandising, and explored intention prediction in games like rock-paper-scissors. His recent work investigates how human-robot collaboration affects creativity and team efficiency during brainstorming. With a portfolio spanning autism intervention, emotional interaction, and commercial robotics, Pour’s research consistently pushes the boundaries of how robots can understand, mirror, and enhance human social experiences.
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- 3State-of-the-Art Visual Merchandising Using a Fashionable Social Robot: RoMa31 citations · 2019
- 4Spontaneous Human-Robot Emotional Interaction Through Facial Expressions20 citations · 2016
- 5RoMa: A Hi-tech Robotic Mannequin for the Fashion Industry16 citations · 2017
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- 8Virtual Social Toys: A Novel Concept to Bring Inanimate Dolls to Life2 citations · 2018