Vignesh Velmurugan

Vignesh Velmurugan is a Researcher in the Robotics Research Group within the Department of Computer Science at the School of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire. His work focuses on developing and evaluating robotic rehabilitation systems for stroke recovery, particularly home-based orthotic devices for hand and wrist therapy, alongside human-robot interaction studies involving children and educational robotics applications.

His research spans Rehabilitation Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, and User-Centered Design, with emphasis on home-based rehabilitation solutions like the WiGlove orthosis. He investigates how users interact with robotic systems through formative evaluation and usability testing, specializing in stroke rehabilitation devices and child-robot dynamics in educational contexts where he examines error recognition in AI tutors and emotional attribution to robot platforms.

Velmurugan's recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on practical robotics applications in healthcare and education. His work shows evolving trends toward home-based therapeutic devices validated through clinical evaluations and explorations of children's cognitive responses to social robots and AI-generated content. The research consistently integrates user-centered methodologies with technical development of rehabilitation systems.

As an active member of the University of Hertfordshire's Robotics Research Group, Velmurugan collaborates on multidisciplinary projects advancing assistive technologies. His current work prioritizes real-world deployment of rehabilitation robotics through iterative design processes and usability assessments with end-users, particularly targeting post-stroke hand function recovery and educational robotics applications.