Papers
12
Total Citations
232
H-Index
7
About
Eric McCann is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, assistive technology, and robot teleoperation. His career has been defined by a sustained focus on making robotic systems more accessible and intuitive, particularly for individuals with cognitive and motor disabilities. McCann's most influential contribution examines human-robot interaction at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, a landmark study of semi-autonomous humanoid robots performing disaster response tasks that has garnered 55 citations. Alongside this, his work on accessible telepresence robots for people with special needs—including healthcare facility residents—demonstrates a consistent commitment to social equity in robotics design, earning 52 citations. His iterative design of semi-autonomous social telepresence platforms, chronicled across multiple publications, reflects a rigorous, user-centered engineering philosophy. McCann has also advanced robot control interfaces through innovations like multi-touch tabletop controllers and software-based operator control units, and contributed to indoor probabilistic localization methods. More recently, he explored cognitive workload management using Wickens' Multiple Resource Theory, broadening his impact into human factors research. With a body of work spanning over two decades, McCann has meaningfully shaped how humans and robots collaborate across disability, disaster response, and social contexts.
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Top Papers
- 1Analysis of human–robot interaction at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals55 citations · 2017
- 2Accessible Human-Robot Interaction for Telepresence Robots: A Case Study52 citations · 2015
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- 6Towards designing telepresence robot navigation for people with disabilities16 citations · 2014
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- 10Eye-hand coordination assessment using a robotic haptic interface6 citations · 2004