Bogdan Kreczmer

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Bogdan Kreczmer’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, telemedicine, and gesture recognition, with a particular focus on socially interactive robotic companions and remote medical robotics. His most influential work, “Companion Migration – Initial Participants’ Feedback from a Video-Based Prototyping Study” (26 citations), explores how robotic companions can migrate between different physical embodiments while maintaining a coherent identity—a concept he further develops across several studies on robotic twins and expressive capabilities. Kreczmer made significant contributions to the REMEDI project, designing a three-way teleconference system for remote medical examinations using ultrasonography and auscultation, enabling seamless communication between doctors, patients, and assistants (19 and 12 citations). He also pioneered a low-cost approach to gesture recognition using ultrasonic range-finders, allowing mobile robots like PeopleBot to interpret human gestures without expensive sensors (8 citations). His work on path planning for car-like robots (5 citations) demonstrates versatility across robotics domains. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 90, Kreczmer’s research has advanced both the technical and social dimensions of robotics, particularly in healthcare applications and human-robot identity perception.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Companion Migration – Initial Participants’ Feedback from a Video-Based Prototyping Study

   26 citations · 2011
2. 2
   Selected Topics in Design and Application of a Robot for Remote Medical Examination with the Use of Ultrasonography and Ascultation from the Perspective of the REMEDI Project

   19 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Designing user interfaces for different user groups: A three-way teleconference system for doctors, patients and assistants using a Remote Medical robot

   12 citations · 2016
4. 4
   Gestures recognition by using ultrasonic range-finders

   8 citations · 2011
5. 5
   Identity of socially interactive robotic twins: Initial results of VHRI study

   7 citations · 2011
6. 6
   Identity of a companion, migrating between robots without common communication modalities: Initial results of VHRI study

   7 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Path planning system for car-like robot

   5 citations · 2002
8. 8
   Ultrasonic range finder for support of human gestures recognition

   4 citations · 2015
9. 9
   Video Conferencing Applications for ReMeDi Robotic System

   4 citations · 2015
10. 10
    Identity of a companion, migrating between robots significantly different in terms of expressive capabilities: Initial results of VHRI study

    3 citations · 2012

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