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Ann Louise Pedersen is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neurorehabilitation and socially assistive robotics. Her work focuses on designing and evaluating humanoid robots as therapeutic coaches for stroke survivors, particularly for arm rehabilitation. Pedersen’s major contributions include characterizing the therapeutic interaction between robots and patients, as demonstrated in her most-cited 2023 paper (10 citations), which analyzed how a humanoid robot serves as a therapeutic assistant for arm basis training and arm ability training. She also developed and validated the THER-I-ACT instrument, a tool for assessing therapeutic interaction quality in robot-mediated therapy, showing its reliability in a 2023 study (3 citations). Her 2020 work on digitalizing training tasks and specifying robot coach behavior (8 citations) laid foundational groundwork for this field. Pedersen’s research has demonstrated the feasibility of using humanoid robots to deliver standardized neurorehabilitation therapy to post-stroke patients, as shown in her 2021 paper (5 citations). With a growing citation record and a focus on translating robotic assistance into clinical practice, Pedersen is advancing a future where socially intelligent robots augment human therapists, expanding access to high-quality rehabilitation for stroke survivors worldwide.