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. This list is automatically synced from my Google Scholar profile every week — check it there for the most up-to-date citation counts. You can also find my work on my Cardiff Profile.

Journal Articles

2025

Human strategies for correctinghuman-robot'errors during a laundry sorting task

Pepita Barnard and Maria J Galvez Trigo and Dominic Price and Sue Cobb and Gisela Reyes-Cruz and Gustavo Berumen and David Branson III and Mojtaba A Khanesar and Mercedes Torres Torres and Michel Valstar
arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.08395 (2025)
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)
Cited by 14
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)
Cited by 23
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)
Cited by 148
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)
Cited by 20
Educational Robotics Special Education Technology Adoption
2018

Why are educational robots not being used in Special Education schools despite proof that they are beneficial for their students?

MJ Galvez Trigo and P Standen and S Cobb
Proc. 12 th ICDVRAT with ITAG (2018)
Cited by 3
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)
Cited by 38
Educational Robotics Disabilities Humanoid Robots Special Education

Conference Papers

2026

Personalised stroke rehabilitation: An AI pipeline for exercise programmes using a co-designed decision support tablet application

T. Rajkumar,S. Koerner, A. Pinto, R. Shakya, J. Pope, M.J. Galvez Trigo, A. Al-Nuaimi, M. Loizou, K. O'Hara, and P. Kumar
HEALTHINF 2026: Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies , pp. 529-537 (2026)
Stroke Rehabilitation AI Field Studies
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 , pp. 1-8 (2025)
Cited by 3
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) , pp. 123-131 (2025)
Cited by 8
Agricultural Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Agriculture Technology
2025

Embedding resilience: Co-designing a robotic telepresence exercise programme to support people in the Care homes

P Kumar and R Shakya and C O'Donovan and M Galvez Trigo and W Wright and P Caleb-Solly
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE , Vol. 20 (2025)
2024

Unveiling trust dynamics with a mobile service robot: Exploring various interaction styles for an agricultural task

Alex Elias and Maria Jose Galvez Trigo
2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN) , pp. 638-645 (2024)
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 , pp. 2140-2147 (2023)
Cited by 3
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 , pp. 1-6 (2023)
Cited by 10
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)
Cited by 12
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)
Cited by 28
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)
Cited by 7
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)
Cited by 4
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 , pp. 52-59 (2021)
Cited by 14
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 , pp. 112-119 (2021)
Cited by 15
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 , pp. 419-430 (2014)
Cited by 36
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)
Cited by 5
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 , pp. 1-4 (2023)
Cited by 4
Human-Robot Conversation Failure Recovery Conversational UI Error Handling

Preprints & Technical Reports

2024

Challenges and opportunities for the adoption and integration of Human-Robot Interaction technologies

Alex Elias and Tania Carolina Camacho-Villa and Bethan Alice Moncur and Maria Jose Galvez Trigo
, pp. 465-467 (2024)
2024

Multimodal integration of emotional robotic stimuli: a reaction time study

Julia Föcker Thomas Davies and Niko Kargas and Maria J. Galvez Trigo
(2024)
2023

Co-creating museum robots with people that are autistic and/or have learning disabilities

Harriet Cameron and Matthew Story and Gisela Reyes-Cruz and Maria Jose Galvez Trigo
, pp. 1-5 (2023)
Cited by 1
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)
Cited by 7
Human-Swarm Interaction Use Cases Industry Applications Autonomous Systems
2021

Teachers’ perspectives on the adoption of an adaptive learning system based on multimodal affect recognition for students with learning disabilities and autism

Penny J Standen and David J Brown and Gosia M Kwiatkowska and Matthew K Belmonte and Maria J Galvez Trigo and Helen Boulton and Andrew Burton and Madeline J Hallewell and Nicholas Shopland and Maria A Blanco Gonzalez and Elena Milli and Stefano Cobello and Annaleda Mazzucato and Marco Traversi
, pp. 436-452 (2021)
Cited by 5