Maria Franca Norese
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Maria Franca Norese is a pioneering researcher in the fields of human-robot interaction and child-robot communication, with a particular focus on developing inclusive, child-centered evaluation methodologies. Her most-cited work, "A video-based assessment of likeability and usability in a play application of robots for children" (2019), addresses the fundamental challenge of conducting research with children who possess different cognitive and attentional capacities than adults. Norese’s major contribution lies in designing and validating self-reporting methods tailored specifically for young users interacting with novel social robots, bridging a critical gap in usability testing. Her research demonstrates how video-based assessments can reliably capture children’s perceptions of robot likeability and usability, offering a replicable framework for future studies. With 4 citations, this work has influenced subsequent investigations into child-robot interaction design. Norese’s achievements include advancing ethical and practical approaches to participatory design with vulnerable populations, ensuring that children’s voices are accurately represented in technology evaluation. Her work remains essential reading for researchers in human-robot interaction, developmental robotics, and user experience design, providing foundational insights into how to meaningfully engage children as co-evaluators of interactive systems.
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