Dr Andres Ramirez-Duque
- Research Associate (School of Computing Science)
email:
Andres.Ramirez-Duque@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
Research interests
Research groups
- Glasgow Interactive Systems
Publications
2026
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Perera, Dushani, Kaufmann, Dorsey, Atabey, Ayca, Hinrichs, Uta, Manches, Andrew and Brewster, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-3899
(2026)
From Squishing to Meaning: Exploring Data Physicalization Through Children's Embodied Experiences.
In: CHI' 2026, Barcelona, Spain, 13–17 April 2026,
(Accepted for Publication)
2025
Foster, M. E. et al. (2025) Bringing a socially assistive robot to the paediatric emergency department: design, development, and usability testing. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12, 1614444. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1614444)
Atabey, A. et al. (2025) Grasping Data: Exploring Interdisciplinary Approaches for Investigating Children's Interactions with their Personal Data. In: IDC '25: Interaction Design and Children, Reykjavik, Iceland, 23-26 June 2025, pp. 1249-1252. ISBN 9798400714733 (doi: 10.1145/3713043.3735579)
Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657, Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285 and Petrick, Ronald P.A.
(2025)
A Socially Assistive Robot with Emotional and Cognitive-Based Coping Strategies for Children During Distressing Medical Procedures.
International Symposium on Paediatric Pain (ISPP 2025), Glasgow, UK, 17-20 June 2025.
2024
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres A., Petrick, Ronald P.A. and Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2024)
A Socially Assistive Robot using Automated Planning in a Paediatric Clinical Setting.
In: 2024 International Symposium on Technological Advances in Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA, 09-10 Mar 2024,
pp. 47-55.
ISBN 9798400716614
(doi: 10.1145/3648536.3648542)
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres, Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657 and Petrick, Ron
(2024)
Maintaining, Monitoring, and Managing User Engagement in Social Robotics for Short-Term Interactions.
HAXP: Human-Aware and Explainable Planning Workshop (ICAPS'24), Banff, Alberta, Canada, 03 June 2024.
(Accepted for Publication)
Foster, M. E. et al. (2024) Including Front-Line Workers as Primary Stakeholders in Public-Space HRI. 1st International Workshop on WRRs - Exploring Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Robotic Futures, Boulder, CO, USA, 11 Mar 2024.
Callander, Nicholas, Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. and Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2024)
Navigating the Human-Robot Interaction Landscape. Practical Guidelines for Privacy-Conscious Social Robots.
In: 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-15 March 2024,
pp. 283-287.
ISBN 9798400703232
(doi: 10.1145/3610978.3640637)
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres A., Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657 and Petrick, Ronald P. A.
(2024)
Using AI Planning for Managing Affective States in Social Robotics.
In: 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-15 March 2024,
pp. 679-683.
ISBN 9798400703232
(doi: 10.1145/3610978.3640744)
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A., Lindsay, Alan, Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657 and Petrick, Ron P. A.
(2024)
A Lightweight Artificial Cognition Model for Socio-Affective Human-Robot Interaction.
In: 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-15 March 2024,
pp. 929-933.
ISBN 9798400703225
(doi: 10.1145/3610977.3637469)
2023
Foster, M. E. et al. (2023) Co-design of a Social Robot for Distraction in the Paediatric Emergency Department. In: 18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI2023), Stockholm, Sweden, 13-16 March 2023, pp. 461-465. ISBN 9781450399708 (doi: 10.1145/3568294.3580127)
Ramírez, Andrés ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285 and Foster, Mary Ellen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2023)
A Whisper ROS Wrapper to Enable Automatic Speech Recognition in Embedded Systems.
Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI), Stockholm, Sweden, 13 Mar 2023.
(Accepted for Publication)
Valencia-Jimenez, Nicolas J., Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Rodriguez-Timana, Luis C., Castillo-Garcia, Javier F., Silveira, Mariana L., Da Luz, Sheila, Bastos, Teodiano and Frizera-Neto, Anselmo
(2023)
Effect of an intervention based on multisensory environment for proprioception assessment in children With Down syndrome: case study.
IEEE Access, 11,
pp. 9326-9338.
(doi: 10.1109/access.2023.3239589)
2022
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Petrick, Ronald P.A. and Foster, Mary Ellen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2022)
A Socially Assistive Robot using Automated Planning in a Paediatric Clinical Setting.
In: AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction (AI-HRI 2022), Arlington, VA, USA, 17-19 November 2022,
(doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.09753)
2021
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Aycardi, Luis, Villa, Adriana, Munera, Marcela, Bastos, Teodian, Belpaeme, Tony, Frizera, Anselmo and Cifuentes, Carlos
(2021)
Collaborative and inclusive process with the autism community: a case study in Colombia about social robot design.
International Journal of Social Robotics, 13,
pp. 153-167.
(doi: 10.1007/s12369-020-00627-y)
2020
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Bastos, Teodiano, Munera, Marcela, Cifuentes, Carlos and Frizera, Anselmo
(2020)
Robot-Assisted Intervention for children with special needs: a comparative assessment for autism screening.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems,
(doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2020.103484)
2019
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Bastos, Teodiano and Frizera, Anselmo
(2019)
Robot-assisted Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic based on artificial reasoning.
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 96,
pp. 267-281.
(doi: 10.1007/s10846-018-00975-y)
Articles
Foster, M. E. et al. (2025) Bringing a socially assistive robot to the paediatric emergency department: design, development, and usability testing. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12, 1614444. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1614444)
Valencia-Jimenez, Nicolas J., Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Rodriguez-Timana, Luis C., Castillo-Garcia, Javier F., Silveira, Mariana L., Da Luz, Sheila, Bastos, Teodiano and Frizera-Neto, Anselmo
(2023)
Effect of an intervention based on multisensory environment for proprioception assessment in children With Down syndrome: case study.
IEEE Access, 11,
pp. 9326-9338.
(doi: 10.1109/access.2023.3239589)
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Aycardi, Luis, Villa, Adriana, Munera, Marcela, Bastos, Teodian, Belpaeme, Tony, Frizera, Anselmo and Cifuentes, Carlos
(2021)
Collaborative and inclusive process with the autism community: a case study in Colombia about social robot design.
International Journal of Social Robotics, 13,
pp. 153-167.
(doi: 10.1007/s12369-020-00627-y)
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Bastos, Teodiano, Munera, Marcela, Cifuentes, Carlos and Frizera, Anselmo
(2020)
Robot-Assisted Intervention for children with special needs: a comparative assessment for autism screening.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems,
(doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2020.103484)
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Bastos, Teodiano and Frizera, Anselmo
(2019)
Robot-assisted Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic based on artificial reasoning.
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 96,
pp. 267-281.
(doi: 10.1007/s10846-018-00975-y)
Conference or Workshop Item
Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657, Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285 and Petrick, Ronald P.A.
(2025)
A Socially Assistive Robot with Emotional and Cognitive-Based Coping Strategies for Children During Distressing Medical Procedures.
International Symposium on Paediatric Pain (ISPP 2025), Glasgow, UK, 17-20 June 2025.
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres, Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657 and Petrick, Ron
(2024)
Maintaining, Monitoring, and Managing User Engagement in Social Robotics for Short-Term Interactions.
HAXP: Human-Aware and Explainable Planning Workshop (ICAPS'24), Banff, Alberta, Canada, 03 June 2024.
(Accepted for Publication)
Foster, M. E. et al. (2024) Including Front-Line Workers as Primary Stakeholders in Public-Space HRI. 1st International Workshop on WRRs - Exploring Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Robotic Futures, Boulder, CO, USA, 11 Mar 2024.
Ramírez, Andrés ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285 and Foster, Mary Ellen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2023)
A Whisper ROS Wrapper to Enable Automatic Speech Recognition in Embedded Systems.
Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI), Stockholm, Sweden, 13 Mar 2023.
(Accepted for Publication)
Conference Proceedings
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Perera, Dushani, Kaufmann, Dorsey, Atabey, Ayca, Hinrichs, Uta, Manches, Andrew and Brewster, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-3899
(2026)
From Squishing to Meaning: Exploring Data Physicalization Through Children's Embodied Experiences.
In: CHI' 2026, Barcelona, Spain, 13–17 April 2026,
(Accepted for Publication)
Atabey, A. et al. (2025) Grasping Data: Exploring Interdisciplinary Approaches for Investigating Children's Interactions with their Personal Data. In: IDC '25: Interaction Design and Children, Reykjavik, Iceland, 23-26 June 2025, pp. 1249-1252. ISBN 9798400714733 (doi: 10.1145/3713043.3735579)
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres A., Petrick, Ronald P.A. and Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2024)
A Socially Assistive Robot using Automated Planning in a Paediatric Clinical Setting.
In: 2024 International Symposium on Technological Advances in Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA, 09-10 Mar 2024,
pp. 47-55.
ISBN 9798400716614
(doi: 10.1145/3648536.3648542)
Callander, Nicholas, Ramirez-Duque, Andres A. and Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2024)
Navigating the Human-Robot Interaction Landscape. Practical Guidelines for Privacy-Conscious Social Robots.
In: 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-15 March 2024,
pp. 283-287.
ISBN 9798400703232
(doi: 10.1145/3610978.3640637)
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres A., Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657 and Petrick, Ronald P. A.
(2024)
Using AI Planning for Managing Affective States in Social Robotics.
In: 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-15 March 2024,
pp. 679-683.
ISBN 9798400703232
(doi: 10.1145/3610978.3640744)
Ramirez-Duque, Andres A., Lindsay, Alan, Foster, Mary Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657 and Petrick, Ron P. A.
(2024)
A Lightweight Artificial Cognition Model for Socio-Affective Human-Robot Interaction.
In: 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-15 March 2024,
pp. 929-933.
ISBN 9798400703225
(doi: 10.1145/3610977.3637469)
Foster, M. E. et al. (2023) Co-design of a Social Robot for Distraction in the Paediatric Emergency Department. In: 18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI2023), Stockholm, Sweden, 13-16 March 2023, pp. 461-465. ISBN 9781450399708 (doi: 10.1145/3568294.3580127)
Lindsay, Alan, Ramirez-Duque, Andres ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-9285, Petrick, Ronald P.A. and Foster, Mary Ellen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-7657
(2022)
A Socially Assistive Robot using Automated Planning in a Paediatric Clinical Setting.
In: AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction (AI-HRI 2022), Arlington, VA, USA, 17-19 November 2022,
(doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.09753)