Giada Lombardi

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Giada Lombardi investigates the intersection of humanoid robotics and social cognition, focusing on how robotic agents can serve as tools to decode human behavior. Her key research areas include facial expression analysis, action vitality forms, and human-robot interaction dynamics. In her 2024 study on humanoid facial expressions, Lombardi demonstrated how the iCub robot can be used as a controllable agent to examine how different facial expressions influence human affective state inference—a contribution that has already garnered 8 citations. Her complementary work on humanoid attitudes revealed that robots performing actions with varying vitality forms (reflecting mood and intention) significantly shape human responses in both video and live interaction contexts, earning 4 citations. These studies collectively advance our understanding of how subtle behavioral cues—from facial expressions to action dynamics—mediate social communication. By leveraging humanoid platforms as experimental tools, Lombardi bridges robotics and cognitive science, offering novel methodologies for studying human social perception. Her work holds implications for designing more intuitive human-robot interfaces and deepening our grasp of the mechanisms underlying social interaction.