Filomena Soares

Prof. Filomena Soares

Centro ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Guimarães, Braga, Portugal
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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 August 2014 in International Journal of Social Robotics
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SCSandra Costa
Sandra Costa
HLHagen Lehmann
Hagen Lehmann
KDKerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn
BRBen Robins
Ben Robins
Filomena SoaresFilomena Soares
Filomena Soares

1 December 2013 in Mechatronics
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Filomena SoaresFilomena Soares
Filomena Soares
MSManuel J. Sepúlveda
Manuel J. Sepúlveda
SMSérgio Monteiro
Sérgio Monteiro
Rui M. LimaRui M. Lima
Rui M. Lima
José Dinis Dinis-CarvalhoJosé Dinis Dinis-Carvalho
José Dinis Dinis-Carvalho

1 April 2019
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ACAlexandre Calado
Alexandre Calado
Filomena SoaresFilomena Soares
Filomena Soares
Demétrio MatosDemétrio Matos
Demétrio Matos
It has been reported that over 3 million individuals live with upper limb amputation worldwide. Losing a hand drastically reduces the individual's quality of life. Fortunately, there are several prosthetic solutions available in the market that try to restore some of the missing hand's functions and characteristics. This paper presents a review on three of the main components of a typical transradial myoelectric prosthesis that can be found in the market. The goal was to provide the reader with an overview of commercially available anthropomorphic myoelectric prosthetic hands with high degrees of freedom, pattern-recognition-based microcontrollers and sEMG sensors used for prosthetic control.

1 February 2016
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PCPedro Cunha
Pedro Cunha
JBJorge Brandao
Jorge Brandao
JVJose Vasconcelos
Jose Vasconcelos
Filomena SoaresFilomena Soares
Filomena Soares
Vítor CarvalhoVítor Carvalho
Vítor Carvalho
Nowadays ubiquitous technology can be a suitable way to motivate and engage children in interactive learning activities in order to promote their cognitive and social skills. Technologies, like augmented reality (AR), have the ability to catch the children's imagination and to promote their attention, as they can experiment artificial, safe and fascinating environments. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) usually have difficulty to recognize facial expressions and to understand the associated emotions. Regarding that, an innovative GameBook to assist children with ASD to recognize and acquire emotions by engaging their attention and motivation was developed. The aim is to promote the interaction between the child/story teller and his/her imagination as well as it will help the child to identify the correct emotional face to the situation. It can be played on any mobile device, such as a tablet, a smartphone or a laptop, with either an external or an inbuilt camera. We also intend to observe the impact of the game on children interaction, as well as to quantity and evaluate their performance, assess the usability of the technology, and evaluate how it affects the child emotion reactions and the benefits it offers.

1 August 2010
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SCSandra Costa
Sandra Costa
Cristina SantosCristina Santos
Cristina Santos
Filomena SoaresFilomena Soares
Filomena Soares
MFManuel Ferreira
Manuel Ferreira
FMFátima Moreira
Fátima Moreira
Most autistic people present some difficulties in developing social behavior, living in their own world. The intent of this study is to improve the social life of adolescents with both autism and mental impairment, with a main focus on promoting their social interaction and communication. An experiment designed to call for the adolescents' attention and enforce their collaboration is described; in it a LEGO MindStorm robot behaves as a mediator/promotor of this interaction. Further, sensory motor coordination and accuracy skills of the adolescents are also slightly explored. Four scenarios were envisaged. Results are described showing the outcomes of the experiment.

8 July 2014 in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
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JFJose Fernandes
Jose Fernandes
SPSara Pimenta
Sara Pimenta
Filomena SoaresFilomena Soares
Filomena Soares
Graca MinasGraca Minas
Graca Minas
Blood type determination is an important clinical test that should be performed before any blood transfusion. However, in emergency situations, due to the patient's condition, there may not be enough time to determine the patient's blood type. In these cases, the O negative blood type is administered, because it causes less incompatibility risk to the patient. This paper presents a low-cost and portable device for ABO, Rh phenotype, reverse, and Cross-matching human blood typing, based on a spectrophotometric approach of the agglutination detection, with a fast response time (results in <;5 min). These features allow the device operation in mobile emergency units, outside conventional clinical laboratories, and close to the patient. It avoids the risk of incompatibility between the donor's and receptor's blood, improving the quality in healthcare services.