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Franco Rubinacci is an educational technology researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, pedagogy, and social development. His research has consistently explored how educational robotics can serve as a transformative tool not only for STEM learning, but also for cultivating essential human competencies such as collaboration, communication, and inclusion. Rubinacci's most influential contribution, "Robotics for Soft Skills Training" (2017, 17 citations), established a compelling case for robotics laboratories as environments that nurture problem-solving and teamwork alongside technical knowledge. This work laid the groundwork for his subsequent investigations into how robotics mediates social relationships within student groups, documented across several studies between 2018 and 2020 (accumulating over 16 citations combined). His 2016 work on evolutionary computation, "Breeding Robots to Learn How to Rule Complex Systems," demonstrates a complementary interest in intelligent systems and adaptive algorithms. More recently, Rubinacci has championed inclusive education through the C0D1NC project (2022), a peer-education initiative that trains high school students to teach coding and robotics to younger peers, fostering digital inclusion from the ground up. Across his body of work, Rubinacci emerges as a thoughtful advocate for technology-enhanced learning that prioritizes human connection as much as technical skill.