Luca Lusuardi
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Luca Lusuardi’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, social robotics, and cognitive psychology, with a focus on how physical appearance shapes our perceptions of artificial agents. In his most-cited work, “You look so young, you look so cute,” Lusuardi investigates how subtle manipulations of a robot’s anthropomorphic features—such as height, head size, and limb proportions—influence judgments of age, cuteness, and mental abilities. Using immersive 3D models in a virtual reality setting, his study (122 participants across four experimental conditions) reveals that these visual cues significantly affect how people attribute cognitive and emotional capacities to robots. This work, with 7 citations, has important implications for designing socially acceptable and intuitive robotic companions. Lusuardi’s contributions are particularly valuable for developers aiming to create robots that elicit trust and empathy, especially in caregiving or educational contexts. By bridging perceptual psychology and robotics design, he offers a nuanced understanding of how first impressions of machines are formed—a critical step toward more natural and effective human-robot collaboration.
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