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Ioana Ocnarescu
Researcher at École Normale Supérieure
Publications - 17
Citations - 82
Ioana Ocnarescu is an academic researcher from École Normale Supérieure. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social robot & Robot. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 14 publications receiving 47 citations. Previous affiliations of Ioana Ocnarescu include Bell Labs.
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Narratives in design: a study of the types, applications and functions of narratives in design practice
TL;DR: Three categorizations are presented that survey the what, where and why of narratives in design and show strategies for a narrative approach to design richer experiences for products and discusses techniques for the design process.
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Perspectives on usability and accessibility of an autonomous humanoid robot living with elderly people.
Charles Fattal,Isabelle Cossin,Frédérique Pain,Emilie Haize,Charline Marissael,Sophie Schmutz,Ioana Ocnarescu +6 more
TL;DR: Pepper, the first humanoid robot ever marketed, is more than just a "demonstration" device classified as level 6 of the nine-point Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale for the hard and software and level 5 in behavioural terms.
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I'll knock you when I'm ready...: reflecting on media richness beyond bandwidth and imitation
TL;DR: This work introduces Knock-Knock as a novel, shape-changing communication medium, and uses it as a rhetorical tool to reflect upon the notion of media richness.
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Improvement of the industrial design process by the creation and usage of intermediate representations of technology, "TechCards"
TL;DR: The value of this design method is its adaptation, as a research design method to an industrial context and the creation of a visual and tangible tool that optimizes the collaboration between the members of multidisciplinary teams.
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Rethinking the Why of Socially Assistive Robotics Through Design
Ioana Ocnarescu,Isabelle Cossin +1 more
TL;DR: This paper shows how design changes the research process in a robotic consortium, Romeo project, a humanoid robot that aims to be a companion for disable and older people in hospitals and nursing homes.