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Raida Karim is a robotics researcher whose work bridges assistive technology and mental health interventions. Her primary research areas include robot-assisted feeding systems, social robotics for mental well-being, and accessible human-robot interaction. Karim's most notable contribution is the development of an adaptable, safe, and portable robot-assisted feeding system (2024, 19 citations), which empowers individuals with mobility impairments to eat independently. This system features comprehensive safety checks, wheelchair-mountable design, and user-centered control, addressing critical gaps in assistive robotics. She also pioneered FLEX-SDK (2022, 10 citations), an open-source toolkit enabling researchers to create social robots using simple tablet interfaces, democratizing social robotics development. In mental health applications, Karim has explored robot-mediated interventions for youth (2022, 11 citations), demonstrating how social robots can facilitate self-disclosure and stress reduction in adolescents. Her work on community-based data visualization with social robots (2022, 6 citations) investigates how mood data patterns can raise emotional awareness. Karim's research has garnered over 57 citations, with her feeding system work recognized for its potential to restore dignity and autonomy to millions unable to eat independently. Her contributions exemplify how robotics can address real-world challenges in healthcare and accessibility.