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Total Citations
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About
Elettra Oleari is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans two compelling frontiers: social human-robot interaction, particularly with vulnerable child populations, and robotic surgical systems. Her most significant contributions lie in designing robots that foster long-term, meaningful engagement — a notoriously difficult challenge in the field. Her landmark 2015 paper on multi-activity switching in child-robot interaction (101 citations) demonstrated practical strategies for sustaining engagement beyond novelty effects, while her work on robotic companions for diabetic children — spanning several studies from 2014 to 2019 — pioneered the integration of motivational psychology and socio-cognitive engineering into therapeutic robot design. These papers collectively established her as a leading voice in applying social robotics to pediatric health management. Oleari's research portfolio also extends into cutting-edge surgical robotics: her involvement in a groundbreaking 2020 study demonstrating 5G robotic vocal cord telesurgery on a cadaver (45 citations) and contributions to the SARAS surgical action detection dataset reflect her versatility. With over 390 cumulative citations across her key works, Oleari's research bridges human-centered design and advanced technology, offering students an inspiring model of socially impactful engineering.
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- 3Operating From a Distance: Robotic Vocal Cord 5G Telesurgery on a Cadaver45 citations · 2020
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- 7What a robotic companion could do for a diabetic child29 citations · 2014
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