Brian Scassellati, PhD
A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials ScienceCards
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Research
Publications
2026
Exploring robot-led activities between people living with dementia and family care partners
Limprayoon J, Ghose D, Matheus K, Enriquez P, Lewkowicz M, Kim M, Narcomey A, Ua-Arak N, Cheng A, Sarkar C, Monin J, Scassellati B. Exploring robot-led activities between people living with dementia and family care partners. Frontiers In Robotics And AI 2026, 13: 1772079. PMID: 42146773, PMCID: PMC13172625, DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2026.1772079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTo Help or Not to Help?: An Expanded Framework for Deciding Socially Appropriate Robot Assistance
Ramnauth R, Brščić D, Scassellati B. To Help or Not to Help?: An Expanded Framework for Deciding Socially Appropriate Robot Assistance. ACM Transactions On Human-Robot Interaction 2026, 15: 1-32. DOI: 10.1145/3797264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWe Cannot Outsource What We Value Most: Toward Deployable Research Products in HRI
Matheus K, Scassellati B. We Cannot Outsource What We Value Most: Toward Deployable Research Products in HRI. 2026, 1359-1368. DOI: 10.1145/3757279.3788816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhen Robots Should Break the Rules
Ramnauth R, Scassellati B. When Robots Should Break the Rules. 2026, 1409-1420. DOI: 10.1145/3757279.3788815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpen-Ended Goal Inference through Actions and Language for Human-Robot Collaboration
Ghose D, Gitelson O, Vázquez M, Scassellati B. Open-Ended Goal Inference through Actions and Language for Human-Robot Collaboration. 2026, 68-77. DOI: 10.1145/3757279.3785540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Replicable, Autonomous System for In-the-Wild Mental Health Applications with the Ommie Robot
Matheus K, Ghose D, Limprayoon J, Lewkowicz M, Scassellati B. A Replicable, Autonomous System for In-the-Wild Mental Health Applications with the Ommie Robot. 2026, 1173-1175. DOI: 10.1145/3776734.3794586.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Ive Changed My Mind: Robots Adapting to Changing Human Goals During Collaboration
Ghose D, Gitelson O, Jin R, Abawe G, Vázquez M, Scassellati B. Ive Changed My Mind: Robots Adapting to Changing Human Goals During Collaboration. IEEE Robotics And Automation Letters 2025, 11: 1490-1497. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2025.3643294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTowards Zero-Knowledge Task Planning via a Language-based Approach
Hoffmeister L, Scassellati B, Rakita D. Towards Zero-Knowledge Task Planning via a Language-based Approach. 2025, 00: 19233-19239. DOI: 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNudging Without Words: Movement-Only Cues from a Robot Manipulator Influence Human Decisions
Brščić D, Scassellati B. Nudging Without Words: Movement-Only Cues from a Robot Manipulator Influence Human Decisions. 2025, 00: 1334-1341. DOI: 10.1109/ro-man63969.2025.11217684.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrom Fidgeting to Focused: Developing Robot-Enhanced Social-Emotional Therapy (RESET) for School De-Escalation Rooms
Ramnauth R, Brščić D, Scassellati B. From Fidgeting to Focused: Developing Robot-Enhanced Social-Emotional Therapy (RESET) for School De-Escalation Rooms. 2025, 00: 966-973. DOI: 10.1109/ro-man63969.2025.11217873.Peer-Reviewed Original Research