Cristiana Rondoni

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Cristiana Rondoni is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics and healthcare, whose work is shaping the future of autonomous systems in clinical environments. Her primary research areas include autonomous mobile robot navigation, human-robot interaction, and bio-cooperative robotic platforms for cognitive rehabilitation. Rondoni’s most impactful contribution is her 2024 study on navigation benchmarking for autonomous mobile robots in hospital settings, which has already garnered 20 citations. This work addresses the critical challenge of ensuring robot reliability in human-shared spaces, providing foundational benchmarks that are essential for safe deployment in real-world medical facilities. In 2025, she advanced this line of inquiry with a user-centred evaluation of the OPERA project’s PRoBio platform, a novel bio-cooperative system integrating a service robot with virtual reality for cognitive rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. This preliminary study, based on focus groups and living lab insights, highlights her commitment to designing technologies that are not only technically robust but also engaging and effective for patients. Rondoni’s work is pivotal in bridging the gap between robotic innovation and practical, patient-centred healthcare solutions.