Alessio Galatolo

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Uppsala University

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Alessio Galatolo is a researcher at the forefront of human-robot interaction, focusing on how social robots can communicate more naturally and ethically. His work centers on three key areas: challenging gender stereotypes through robot design, generating coherent multimodal behaviors, and adapting robot language to express personality traits. In his highly cited 2022 study, "The Right (Wo)Man for the Job?" (16 citations), Galatolo explored how robot gendering can both perpetuate harmful stereotypes and serve as a tool for education, offering critical insights into ethical robot design. He has also pioneered approaches to simultaneous text and gesture generation using small language models (2025, 3 citations), enabling more fluid and believable robot interactions without relying on resource-heavy LLMs. Additionally, his 2023 work on personality-adapted language generation (2 citations) demonstrates how tailoring word choice to traits like extraversion can enhance user engagement. Galatolo’s contributions are shaping a future where robots are not only more expressive but also socially responsible, making him a key voice in the responsible development of social robotics.