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A. Lorotte is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction and autonomous mobile robotics, best known for leading the development of the RoboX platform. His most significant contribution was the large-scale deployment of ten autonomous tour-guide robots at Expo.02, the Swiss National Exhibition, where they interacted with approximately 4,500 untrained visitors daily over five months. This work, detailed in his highly cited paper "Robox at Expo.02" (228 citations), demonstrated robust human-robot collaboration in a chaotic public setting. Lorotte’s research addresses critical challenges in multi-robot control, visitor flow management, and non-verbal expressiveness, as seen in "The interactive autonomous mobile system RoboX" (65 citations). He pioneered the SOUL environment for managing multi-robot interaction and developed techniques to improve robot expressiveness, ensuring safe and engaging tours. His work on visitor flow management (13 citations) and multi-robot human-interaction (4 citations) laid foundational principles for deploying social robots in mass public events. Lorotte’s achievements at Expo.02 remain a landmark case study in real-world human-robot interaction, influencing subsequent research in service robotics and crowd management.