Jennifer Boger
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226
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About
Jennifer Boger is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of rehabilitation engineering, human-robot interaction, and assistive technology, with a particular focus on improving quality of life for older adults and stroke survivors. She is perhaps best known for her sustained contributions to upper-limb stroke rehabilitation robotics, where she has championed user-centered and clinician-informed design methodologies. Her 2010 survey of therapists' clinical practices and design requirements — cited 98 times — established an empirical foundation for understanding what rehabilitation robots must actually deliver in practice, while her 2008 work on haptic-robotic platforms for reaching therapy (70 citations) demonstrated early proof-of-concept for technology-assisted intensive training. A 2011 study further refined these principles through iterative, user-centered prototyping. More recently, Boger has expanded her scope to aging and social robotics, contributing to the authoritative *Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents* (2022), which examines how AI-driven agents can support older populations. Her 2025 work on evaluating human-robot games signals a continued commitment to rigorous assessment frameworks. Across her career, Boger's research reflects a unifying ambition: ensuring that assistive and rehabilitative technologies are meaningfully shaped by the people who need them most.
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- 4Socially Interactive Agents for Supporting Aging10 citations · 2022
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