The use of sensorial stimulation has been applied in medical applications with great success. Its fusion with AR or VR aims at improving therapeutic applications but also enlarge the application field to industrial, teleoperation and telepresence applications.

AR, VR and interactive robots have to take into account the holistic nature of human senses and the situational, perceptive and cognitive context .

 Key Scientific Contributions:

João Quintas, G. Dos Santos Martins, L. Santos, P. Menezes, J. Dias, Toward a Context-Aware Human-Robot Interaction Framework Based on Cognitive Development, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, 2018
João Quintas, P. Menezes, J. Dias, Information Model and Architecture Specification for Context Awareness Interaction Decision Support in Cyber-physical Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Volume: 47 Issue: 3, 323 - 331, 2017
Juan Carlos Garcia Sanchez, B. Patrão, L. Almeida, J. Perez, P. Menezes, J. Dias, P. Sanz, Design and Evaluation of a Natural Interface for Remote Operation of Underwater Robots, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 37, 1, 34-43, 2017
P. Menezes, An Augmented Reality U-Academy Module: From Basic Principles to Connected Subjects, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, International Association of Online Engineering, 11:5, 105-117, 2017
B. Patrão, S. Nascimento Pedro, P. Menezes, Human Emotions and Physiological Signals: A Classroom Experiment, International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), 12, 4, 37-39, 2016

Ongoing Technology Transfer Projects:

Tooling4G  project -  development of augmented reality for manufacture of plastic molds.
ROSE project -  Immersive support for tele-echography diagnostics.
EuroAGE project – Virtual Avatar for cognitive and physical activity stimulation.
iACT  project – Mindfullness Guidance for Chronic Pain control.