Publications

Here you can find a list of my academic publications. My research spans Human-Robot Interaction, Educational Robotics, Accessibility Technology, and applications of Machine Learning. Please feel free to reach out if you’d like to discuss any of these works or potential collaborations. To see an up-to-date list, check my Google Scholar or my Cardiff Profile.

Journal articles

2024

Identifying interaction types and functionality for automated vehicle virtual assistants: an exploratory study using speech acts cluster analysis

J.R. Clark, D.R. Large, E. Shaw, E. Nichele, M.J. Galvez Trigo, J.E. Fischer, G. Burnett, et al.
Applied ergonomics , Vol. 114 , pp. 104152 (2024)
Virtual Assistants Autonomous Vehicles Speech Recognition HCI
2023

Trustworthy UAV relationships: Applying the Schema Action World taxonomy to UAVs and UAV swarm operations

K.J. Parnell, J.E. Fischer, J.R. Clark, A. Bodenmann, M.J. Galvez Trigo, et al.
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction , Vol. 39(20) , pp. 4042-4058 (2023)
UAV Trustworthy AI Human-Computer Interaction Autonomous Systems
2020

An evaluation of an adaptive learning system based on multimodal affect recognition for learners with intellectual disabilities

P.J. Standen, D.J. Brown, M. Taheri, M.J. Galvez Trigo, H. Boulton, A. Burton, et al.
British Journal of Educational Technology (2020)
Educational Technology Intellectual Disabilities Adaptive Learning Affect Recognition
2019
🏆 Best student paper award, UoN Engineering Showcase

Robots in special education: reasons for low uptake

M.J. Galvez Trigo, P.J. Standen, S.V.G. Cobb
Journal of Enabling Technologies (2019)
Educational Robotics Special Education Technology Adoption
2016

Adapting a humanoid robot for use with children with profound and multiple disabilities

P.J. Standen, D.J. Brown, J. Hedgecock, J. Roscoe, M. Galvez Trigo, E. Elgajiji
International Journal of Child Health and Human Development , Vol. 9 (2016)
Educational Robotics Disabilities Humanoid Robots Special Education

Conference papers

2025

Please follow me to the next stop: a case study of planning, deploying and researching a robot-guided tour in a museum in the UK

G. Reyes-Cruz, A. Boudouraki, D. Price, A.M. Piskopani, P. Barnard, M.J. Galvez Trigo, et al.
CHI EA '25: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2025)
Museum Robotics Tour Guide Robots Public Interaction Field Studies
2025

Analyzing previous human-robot interaction implementation in agriculture: What can we learn from the past?

A. Elias, M. Galvez Trigo, C. Camacho-Villa
2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2025) (2025)
Agricultural Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Agriculture Technology
2023

"They're not going to do all the tasks we do": Understanding Trust and Reassurance towards a UV-C Disinfection Robot

M.J. Galvez Trigo, G. Reyes-Cruz, H.A. Maior, C. Pepper, D. Price, P. Leonard, et al.
2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (2023)
Trust Disinfection Robots Human-Robot Interaction Healthcare Robotics
2023

Augmented robotic telepresence (ART): A prototype for enhancing remote interaction and participation

G. Reyes-Cruz, I. Phypers, A. Boudouraki, D. Price, J. Fischer, S. Reeves, M.J. Galvez Trigo, H. Maior
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (2023)
Telepresence Augmented Reality Remote Interaction Trustworthy AI
2023

Augmented reality to reduce cognitive load in operational decision-making

B. Moncur, M.J. Galvez Trigo, L. Mortara
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , pp. 328-346 (2023)
Augmented Reality Cognitive Load Decision Making Operational Support
2022
🏆 Best Paper Award

Effects of wording and gendered voices on acceptability of voice assistants in future autonomous vehicles

I. Jestin, J. Fischer, M.J. Galvez Trigo, D. Large, G. Burnett
Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Conversational User Interfaces , pp. 1-11 (2022)
Voice Assistants Autonomous Vehicles Gender Studies Conversational UI
2022

Educational robots and their control interfaces: How can we make them more accessible for special education?

M.J. Galvez Trigo, P.J. Standen, S.V.G. Cobb
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , pp. 15-34 (2022)
Educational Robotics Accessibility Control Interfaces Special Education
2021

ALTCAI: Enabling the use of embodied conversational agents to deliver informal health advice during wizard of Oz studies

M.J. Galvez Trigo, M. Porcheron, J. Egede, J.E. Fischer, A. Hazzard, et al.
Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces , pp. 1-5 (2021)
Conversational Agents Health Wizard of Oz Embodied Interaction
2021

Design and evaluation of virtual human mediated tasks for assessment of depression and anxiety

J.O. Egede, D. Price, D.B. Krishnan, S. Jaiswal, N. Elliott, R. Morriss, et al.
Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (2021)
Virtual Agents Mental Health AI
2021

Designing an adaptive embodied conversational agent for health literacy: a user study

J. Egede, M.J. Galvez Trigo, A. Hazzard, M. Porcheron, E. Bodiaj, J.E. Fischer, et al.
Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (2021)
Conversational Agents Health Literacy Adaptive Systems User Studies
2014

Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots

P. Standen, D. Brown, J. Roscoe, J. Hedgecock, D. Stewart, M.J. Galvez Trigo, et al.
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (2014)
Educational Robotics Disabilities Human-Computer Interaction Assistive Technology
2014
🏆 Best Student Paper Award

Remote operation of robots via mobile devices to help people with intellectual disabilities

M.J. Galvez Trigo, D.J. Brown
2014 International Conference on Interactive Technologies and Games , pp. 1-8 (2014)
Mobile Interfaces Intellectual Disabilities Robot Control Assistive Technology

Workshop Papers & Short Papers

2023

Working with troubles and failures in conversation between humans and robots

F. Förster, M. Romeo, P. Holthaus, B. Nesset, M.J. Galvez Trigo, C. Dondrup, et al.
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (2023)
Human-Robot Conversation Failure Recovery Conversational UI Error Handling

Preprints & Technical Reports

2022

Industry led use-case development for human-swarm operations

J.R. Clark, M. Naiseh, J. Fischer, M. Galvez Trigo, K. Parnell, M. Brito, A. Bodenmann, et al.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.09543 (2022)
Human-Swarm Interaction Use Cases Industry Applications Autonomous Systems

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