Haibin Cai
Papers
8
Total Citations
360
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7
About
Haibin Cai is a leading researcher in the field of socially assistive robotics, with a primary focus on Robot-Enhanced Therapy (RET) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). His major contributions lie in developing supervised autonomous systems that move beyond traditional Wizard of Oz paradigms, enabling robots to interact more independently and effectively during therapy. Cai’s work on the EC-FP7-funded DREAM project resulted in a landmark dataset of over 300 hours of therapy from 61 children, providing an invaluable resource for data-driven ASD research. His highly cited papers, including "How to Build a Supervised Autonomous System for Robot-Enhanced Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (138 citations) and "Robot-Enhanced Therapy: Development and Validation of Supervised Autonomous Robotic System for Autism Spectrum Disorders Therapy" (81 citations), demonstrate significant impact in the field. Additionally, Cai has advanced human-robot interaction through innovative gaze and attention estimation techniques, such as visual focus of attention estimation via eye center localization. His work bridges engineering and clinical practice, offering scalable, sensing-enhanced solutions for assessing and supporting children with ASD.
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- 5Visual Focus of Attention Estimation Using Eye Center Localization27 citations · 2015
- 6Robust Gaze Estimation via Normalized Iris Center-Eye Corner Vector13 citations · 2016
- 7Multi-stage adaptive regression for online activity recognition8 citations · 2019
- 8Human Following for Mobile Robots4 citations · 2022