Patrícia Alves-Oliveira
Assistant Professor, Robotics
Studies human-robot interaction and embodied social AI, designing robots deployed with real users in real environments.
Patrícia Alves-Oliveira's lab at Michigan works on human-robot interaction & assistive robots. 19 papers since 2023, 4 at top venues, mostly ICRA and CHI. 5 PhD students and 4 master's students. 27 alumni, most often to Amazon and Google. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 5/ year
- at T1 venues
- 21%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 4
- alumni listed
- 27
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 8 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 7 papers2025 · T1 1
- 2 papers2024 · T1 0
- 2 papers2023 · T1 1
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, CHI, HRI
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Human-robot interaction & assistive robots10 papers
- real0 papers
- studies human-robot0 papers
- designing0 papers
- users0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20268 papers
- ARVOA Prototype Robotic Character for Pediatric OCT Exams in Clinical Settings (opens in a new tab)
- ARVOCaregiver Perspectives on Robotic OCT Characters to Improve Pediatric OCT Imaging (opens in a new tab)
- RO-MANDesign Directions for Robot Characters in Pediatric Eye Exams (opens in a new tab)
- HRI '26: Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionEmotional Entanglements and Emotional Sustainability in HRI (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Robot-Assisted Social Dining as a White Glove Service (opens in a new tab)
- SoftwareX, 34, 102628Speak2Scene: Voice-Based Storyboarding (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)The Physiology of Creativity: Autonomous Robotic Painting Driven by Synthetic Biometric Generation (opens in a new tab)
- RO-MANTouch Boundaries During Physical Human-Robot Interaction (opens in a new tab)
20257 papers
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (RAM): Special Issue on the Arts and RoboticsArtists' Views on Robotics Involvement in Painting Productions (opens in a new tab)
- RSS WorkshopDon't Touch Me There! Comfortability with Robot Touch Across Different Roles and Settings (opens in a new tab)
- We RobotExploring Expert Knowledge on Journeys, Research Engagement, Distribution Pathways, and Privacy Considerations of a Mental Health Robot for Youth who have been in Juvenile Detention (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA WorkshopFramework to Evaluate LLM's ability to Reason about Physical Disabilities from Medical Perspective (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Painted Heart Beats (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the ACM Designing Interactive Systems ConferenceRobot Characters for Innovative Medical Eye Exams in Kids (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsWe Are the Robots: Tapping Into the Lived Experiences of Wizards of Oz (opens in a new tab)
20242 papers
- American ScientistA Brave New Robotic World (opens in a new tab)
- Companion of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionWorkshop YOUR Study Design 2024! Participatory Critique and Refinement of Participants' Studies (opens in a new tab)
20232 papers
- HRI (T1)Design principles for robot-assisted feeding in social contexts (opens in a new tab)
- Companion of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionUnintended Failures of Robot-Assisted Feeding in Social Contexts (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went27 listed, 57% to industry
Industry 4Academia 3
Most often to
- Amazon
- Saronic Technologies
Also to
- MIT
- NYU
- University of Michigan
Apply to MichiganFall 2027
Michigan CSE Computer Science PhD
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