A. Fantini

University of Pisa, National Research Council

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A. Fantini is a researcher at the forefront of affective computing and human-robot interaction (HRI), with a specialized focus on emotion recognition in Italian-language contexts. Their major contribution lies in the systematic construction and validation of a novel Italian textual dataset designed to enable robots to perceive and respond to human emotions during interaction. By developing a rigorous, reproducible methodology—including the use of ChatGPT to generate ad‑hoc dialogues—Fantini addresses a critical gap in non‑English HRI resources. Their work, notably the 2023 study "Building and Assessing an Italian Textual Dataset for Emotion Recognition in Human‐Robot Interactions" (3 citations) and its follow‑up "Supporting Emotion Recognition in Human‑Robot Interactions: An Experimental Italian Textual Dataset" (2 citations), provides a foundational benchmark for future research. These efforts not only advance multilingual affective computing but also pave the way for more natural and empathetic human‑robot communication in Italian‑speaking communities. Fantini’s contributions are essential for students and researchers seeking to bridge language and emotion in socially interactive robotics.